Word: reproacheing
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...sneer and a hiss for such an alumnus? Harvard's hiss cannot hurt Mr. Roosevelt, but it can and will hurt Harvard in the judgment and the regard of the American people. I am appealing to the College to assert its better self against those whose conduct is bringing reproach upon it. J. L. MOORE...
...course, to discourage the spirit of true poetry and to reduce the Garrison contest to a scramble in stunts, in which he who has best the knack of realizing atmosphere at second hand may well bear the palm before more worthy rivals. But we had thought the reproach attaching to prize poems spent chiefly upon this very occasional quality of theirs! The subjects proposed are certainly of timely interest, and for that reason they may tap a genuine enthusiasm somewhere; but it would seem that the purpose of the class of '88 might be served with more assurance of success...
Robert Archey Woods, a man who labors to raise his fellow men; trusted alike by those who toil and those who think; a knight of Christ's chivalry without fear and without reproach...
...quality of the contents is not above reproach. The poems have no particular charm and are lacking in character. They seem to be a collection of verses, made up of queerly arranged sentences, and over highly colored similes. Many of the passages are vague, while others are absolutely unintelligible...
Here we have the root of the entire matter. Consider for a moment the un-impeachable conduct of British colonial officials, separated by thousands of miles from the home government. The only thing that keeps their actions always above reproach is an active, alert, public opinion, no less evident in India than in London itself. Freedom of the press there has a real meaning, for the columns of the daily newspapers are used constantly by a watchful public as one means of securing faithful public servants. This is brought about by incessant criticism and fault-finding, that to the American...