Word: prided
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...said that the poor fellow that works at Foxcroft is hypersensitive. But I venture to deny that: I venture to say that the pride that rebels at a public expression of superiority from a mere idler, son of his father, devourer of labors of other hands is a noble and amiable trait. Pity the spirit that does not resent even unintentional insult on such a delicate and sacred feeling. I have no doubt the statement of the editor of the CRIMSON that he intended no harm is perfectly true so far as conscious intention goes. But what hurts is that...
After the records which were made in the recent games at Yale, intense interest will centre about her meeting with Harvard. Event after event promises to be hard fought and exciting; if Harvard wins she will have just cause for pride. We believe that out of the list of entries on another page, men will be found to outdo the best athletes whom Yale can bring against them; and we are glad that so interesting and important a contest is to be settled where all Harvard...
Even when the outlook is darkest the students should give the nine loyal, whole-hearted support. What would then perhaps be done from a feeling of duty should now be a pleasure when the outlook is bright. Every student in the University may feel a just pride in the work which the nine has been doing lately, and in the name of the students we offer our congratulations...
...remarkable fact that sufferings and hardships do not tire us of life; they rather urge us on and we find joy in our triumph over them. When you relate to one contemplating suicide the woes which others have suffered, you base his consent to try again on manliness and pride, and he is easily moved to begin again. When we accept the pleasures of a life which is based on the sacrifice of the lower animals it involves the point of honor and demands of us unselfishness. Life, then, is worth living no matter what it brings, and probably...
...first ledge of Purgatory is that of Pride, and along this ledge the poets travelled, meeting souls burdened down with weights so heavy, that they strugled along with infinite agony...