Word: uprights
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...this famous Mr. I? Mr. I is a quiet Chinese student who signs his names with a single straight stroke of the pen. An upright dash, that is Mr. I. That is all, and enough to set grave and learned philologists deliberating. These worthy scholars have bestowed upon Mr. I the superlative degree hence his fame-- by declaring that his "must be the shortest name in existence, as it is composed of but one letter and the letter which uses less ink than any other of the alphabet...
...wrote his name on Oxford's roster?Cecil John Rhodes?but never studied overhard. Aristotle and Marcus Aurelius, two boyhood friends, were about all he took back to Africa with him. Few men have as much; besides, the spirit of Cecil John Rhodes, essentially practical, essentially forthright and upright, needed little bolstering...
...fish, and removed one eye with its nerve into this passage, so that the eye, instead of projecting to the side, looks directly upward, the remaining eye being blinded. When the eye is thus transplanted, the fish turns and swims on his side instead of in the usual upright posture. These experiments indicate that the eye has a definite function in maintaining the equilibrium of the body. It has heretofore been generally believed that the function of balance was maintained primarily by the semicircular canals which form a part of the interior mechanism...
...vigorous face. He is also one of those men on whose clear and fine skin soap and water seem to produce a sheen or a glow, such as the manufacturers of a boot polish assure the world is a pedal consequence of using their particular cream. He stands very upright and square-shouldered, with a rather commanding tilt to his head, and a look in his eyes, when he is opposed, which is quick with challenge...
...either Senator or Congressman, has disagreed with the electors of his state or district on many issues, and voted the way he thought best and despite his refusal, to follow the orders of his constituents has been returned to office again and again. People will uphold an upright man, and admire him, whether they agree with his ideas...