Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opinion that the position which we took during the War was correct, and we do not regret our action, in fact we are proud of it. But he who shuts his ears to the voice of his adversary in times of peace prolongs the hatred engendered by war. That is why you might like to send a message to my comrades...
...seen steadfastly-Saul the scourge, first of the law, then of the Lord; Saul invested always with the dignity of his Roman citizenship, yet humble enough to suffer fiercely, meanly, publicly for peace in his church; Saul the clever theologian and subtle Greek philosopher, never- save once in his proud youth at the feet of Gamaliel-never letting intellectual pride smother the pure flame of Christ's love; ending his days, near the time of Rome's burning, in humble age, saying: "I am only an old man, to whom one day a thing of wonder happened...
...above) is the Hilturnip. This turnip, located on the farm of one T. G. Hill, near Corpus Christi, Tex., grew up in a cabbage patch. Responding to environment, it swelled larger, larger, larger. Finally it reached a diameter of 25 inches, a weight of 12 pounds. Civically proud, the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce placed the Hill turnip on exhibition...
...shoes, extended first his right foot, then his left. "Wonderful feet... size 8 ... almost perfect for walking purposes . . . indicative of a cool, steady life," said Dr. Peter Kahler, Manhattan orthopedist, who measured the presidential feet and took orders for presidential footwear. Flappers, he added, might well be proud of feet like Mrs. Coolidge's, also "almost perfect," size 4 1/2. Dr. Kahler's grandfather made size 14 shoes for President Lincoln...
...wear clothes like an inhabitant of the gopher prairies, to make Unter den Linden look like Main Street and elect a Babbitt Mayor of the Rue de la Paix. The English language is revered over here as Latin was in the Middle Ages. . . . America must not grow too proud. After all, we are a great country, but not a great people. And everything was there to make America a great country, so God did it, not ourselves...