Word: contempt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...principles of the constitution." The insinuation is perfect. Radicals do not uphold the constitution. Note that Mr. Gleason does not say it openly; he says it by innuendo, if Mr. Gleason is one of that kind of thinkers who class all radicals as revolutionary, and, therefore, below contempt, "radical outbursts" being something to discredit and suppress as dangerous to our constitution, he is one of those gentlemen who sit on the safety valve of social unrest and compress the steam of "radicalism" into real revolution. A consideration of problems, not a contemptuous labelling of all bubbling of the cauldron...
...surprise, Mr. President, to one who has examined the books of this distinguished, educator to read his comment upon. Washington's farewell address. It is in complete harmony with the cold, indifferent and ill-concealed contempt which everything American found throughout his writings...
Peaceful, easy-going, democratic America, the America of "before the war," used to have a quiet contempt for uniforms. We tolerated them on railroad trains and in street cars, because they proved a convenience in helping us to identify the conductors. We rather liked to see them members of parading "jiners" and musical bands. They didn't set so well on bell hops, coachmen and chauffeurs; there they suggested to us an increase in snobbery. On policemen, firemen and mail carriers they gave no offence because these men were recognized as essential democrats in spite of them; and we knew...
...home, boys; keep your money in your pockets. The Kaiser is afraid of us and wants to quit." Privileges of the press may permit this, but a reasonable sense of patriotism does not. Such a sacrifice of common sense for sensationalism, by creating an unfounded feeling of security and contempt, endangers loan campaigns, recruiting agencies, and our mere nucleus of an army...
...manufacturer who stamped that flag upon his napkins held willingly in contempt the symbol of the nation's greatness. He turned to a cheap and personal use that ideal which may never be cheap nor personal...