Word: scornful
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...Scorn you, or hate you, it matters...
...stairs two men met him. One was called Worldly Wise, - he wore a beaver hat, and a stick; the other, named Sloth, was likewise garmented. "Pray, sirs," quoth he, "where can I register my name among those who are blessed?" Worldly Wise, with an ill-hidden smile of scorn, replied, "Don't register at all." "Nay, but I must," the hero replied. "Then sit upon that step," said Sloth, "and wait." So Lighthead waited, and the noon past and evening came - but no one else. Then he, feeling the day was cold, got up and departed. That night he thought...
This was recognized at once as a gross plagiarism upon a dainty poem of the Advocate. Mr. H. was visited with scorn, and replied by throwing about the spoons. At this critical state of affairs Mr. Walt Wh-tm-n emerged from under the table, and delivered the following
...sudden and portentous scorn...
...health breaks down? I shall be to blame. It is well to be conscientious and elect hard courses, but if anybody ever asks my advice again I shall say, "If you want to get the greatest good out of your college course, and are prepared to bear the scorn of mark worshippers, take solid electives. But if you want to shine upon the rank-list and have a Commencement part, devote your time to ethics and the modern languages...