Word: sinned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That the legal profession, in the mind of the average man, the man who feels himself oppressed by the inequalities due to economic conditions, has long labored under the taint of an original sin, not even the members of the bar themselves will deny. The unfortunate belief that all lawyers are to be looked upon with suspicion is too deeply rooted in the mind of the ignorant and ill informed man to be dispelled by mere argument. You may argue with this individual and he will listen to you with a humorous twinkle in his eye realizing that he cannot...
...conflict it is entirely fitting and proper that we should discuss and constructively criticize all important and many unimportant issues. Free speech is a glorious privilege, but the more we talk the more we must read. For the college man, it is a crime to be uninformed, a dark sin to be misinformed. Brains will win the war! Don't waste yours. The Pennsylvanian...
...cumulative rather than selective, and for that reason he fails to convince. Mr. Sparks, though he is more successful, shows the disposition, frequent in the immature realist, to shock his reader by calling every spade a blasted shovel. In saying this I am aware that I am committing a sin which might be termed reviewer's overemphasis. For Mr. Sparks writes vividly and one does not forget what he says...
...eternally surprised that man can play so well the beast. We marvel at his selfishness, his blindness, his brutality, his sin. We marvel...
...sword may Belgium be avenged. For that there is no atonement. The burning of every German city and the death of every man who defends his invaded country would not bring back one murdered Belgian citizen, would not uprear one razed hamlet, would not make clean one sin...