Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...times in Paris and elsewhere this summer when I was actually ashamed of being an American!. And I have felt many times, too that no American should be allowed to travel abroad until he had proven his ability to act as a gentleman under all circumstances. I do not wonder any more at any dislike or suspicion or hostility that crops out against Americans, whether at the Olympic Games or in the Place de I'Opera...
...rous Crowd, with wonder and delight...
...graduate. At the club, in the office, on the street, friend Smith from Yale, and Jones from Princeton and even Brown from some small Western college, triumph over him. They tease him, they heap ridicule upon him, and all in all, make his life miserable. Small wonder that his ago takes refuge in complaint against the innocent cause of his humiliation...
...body, to help men to help themselves? There is a bitter scramble for these jobs every year. At the same time an article has just recently appeared in the Yale Daily News, telling of over 200 students helped by Yale University during the past College year. Is it any wonder that the poor and earnest student turns his face oward New Haven...
Consider the unhappy lot of the plasterer. When his daily task is done, he must return to his home wearing the vestments of his smeary occupation-- no opportunity to change to Sunday clothes, or to wash the caked mortar from his neck, even if he felt so inclined. No wonder the poor fellow has no pride of craftsmanship left...