Word: weigh
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...seeking some keen observer who can chart and explain this sudden disappearance of high living, this rise of ascetic and meager lunches. The men at Hemenway wonder whether such a spectator is not even now writing a book on the subject. Its title, of course, will be "The Weigh of All Flesh...
...Such a feeling of injustice is increased by the prison system which rests on retaliation, the principle of an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. It is, the absolute foundation of our criminal law. But no court of law can weigh a man's soul. You have no right to punish a criminal, but you should put him away if he is a danger to organized society...
From Dean Pound came a telegram requesting more time in which to weigh the offer of Wisconsin's Presidency, saying that "a situation had arisen in the East which made immediate decision impossible...
When the "Electoral College Glee Club" had lined up and cleared its throats, it sang of John W. Davis' trip to Europe (now under weigh), to the tune of Bring Back My Bonnie...
When the backs are bare and stomachs are empty any gospel that carries with it food and clothes can make an appeal. Acceptance of a gospel under the stress of starvation is rarely genuine. Man must be free of worries, physical as well as mental, to be able to weigh the appeals of the foreign gospels and thus make a really voluntary choice. All other conversions are numerically valuable but spiritually worthless. Such material conversions can do nothing for the soul of the converts. The souls of Indian people can only be saved by education that is capable of revolutionizing...