Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blood; America in money. Ours was a contribution which could not be counted in money. If America should make us a present of our debts and withdraw her accounts against us, she would leave nothing for which we would have regret, and we would not lose our self-respect, for our contribution has been dearly paid for in human sacrifice, not to be calculated in dollars...
...respect this handy book for debaters has a definite value--it is modern. It is extremely discouraging to pick up such a text book, only to find that the passages quoted as examples are from speeches and writings of the middle of the last century and long ago forgotten. The ardor of the most interested young student is smothered if he is asked to paw over a dry and dusty question brought many years ago to a decision or a working compromise...
...utter conservative, and says she finds wisdom and happiness in respect for authority?the authorities of Church and State. When I had a husband," she says, "I respected the authority that nature had placed over me. I obeyed my husband...
This incident, reported by Robert M. Lovett, of the University of Chicago, illustrates the respect which the Quakers, a tiny English and American sect, have won in the last decade...
...days have long gone when one saw, as I can remember, such phrases as 'Down with the Pope' written on walls in public streets. Instead of that notice how anxious people are now to respect the Pope and to be led by him, as for example, in matters concerning the late...