Word: respects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact, upon the visionary-was what Charles J. Thompson of Ohio saw in the elevation of Keynoter Fess. Bereaved backer of Senator Willis, loud admirer of President Coolidge, Mr. Thompson said of Mr. Fess: "All the rascals, high and low, will fade before his presence. They cannot help but respect him. He would make an Executive for the great Republic as wonderful and safe, as good and honest as Mr. Coolidge...
...resolution of respect" to which Son Tyler objected was passed in February when the Virginia House of Delegates adjourned in honor of Lincoln's Birthday. Dr. Tyler's contribution to the pamphlet of protest was a letter written by him to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It said...
...House or unduly criticizing their action. On the contrary, I feel certain that that body was largely influenced by the desire of showing that spirit of forgiveness and conciliation which are so honorable to human nature and characteristic of Christian forbearance and teaching. . . . Nevertheless, I think, with all due respect, the action of the House was a great mistake. There is such a thing as excess even in kindness...
That "by his misconduct and brutality in office he forfeited all right to respect from self-respecting, intelligent Southerners...
...thing is that they could so easily rally a following if they had the imagination to realize how strong they are. If they chose to say that they would not endure the intolerable indignities to which they are subjected they would very soon command a new kind of respect in the nation. Nothing can excuse or explain away spinelessness. But if the educators in the public schools have to lead a double life it is not due wholly to personal timidity. It is due to a confusion of mind...