Word: self-respect
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...This seminary made my ministry possible," he said. "Over 50 years ago, I came here a confused and hungry student, wishing above all else to teach and preach the Christian gospel, but wondering how I could do it with intellectual integrity and self-respect. And here the doors were opened...
...Jewish sociologist and the Irish playground director were the bishop's right & left hands in the late !30's when he set out to fight Communism among the tough, discontented unemployed of Chicago's stockyards. The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council brought democracy and self-respect into an explosive situation. The packers, who at first did not like the unionization that went with it, learned to be grateful for the bishop's work...
...article concluded that the House system had produced tutors "who are completely without aloofness, without reserve; without dignity, without self-respect...
...tempted to justify the war and to blame the Allies for failing to understand that they were really fighting to defend the West . . . They are, in short, a much-perplexed people, trying to find their way out of a deeply disturbing and humiliating experience without loss of self-confidence and self-respect." Mc-Cloy's conclusion: "The all-prevailing power of the [Nazis] has left many former officials with a longing for a return to power. This element and the undercurrent of extreme nationalism . . . might form a combination willing again to set Germany off on another disastrous adventure. This...
...help us if we fail to elect a forceful and courageous leader on Nov. 4, a leader who will retrieve our self-respect...