Word: flatterers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are certain principles about justice and honor," wrote the great philosopher in the seventh book of "The Republic," which were taught us in childhood, and under their parental authority we have been brought up, obeying and honoring them. . . . There are also opposite maxims and habits of pleasure which flatter and attract the soul, but do not influence those of us who have any sense of right, and they continue to obey the maxims of their fathers. . . . Now, when a man is in this state, and the questioning spirit asks what is fair or honorable, and he answers...
...unduly flatter them by publishing their stuff under "Religion." It is too good a word for them...
...Lummis Smith, author of much juvenile literature, started work in her Philadelphia studio as soon as the publishers decided that Mrs. Porter's mantle was to descend upon her. Said she: "I have the same outlook on life [as Mrs. Porter] -a wholesome and cheerful outlook - and I flatter myself that I, too, have a sense of humor...
...spite of the fact that many efforts at facetiousness in describing historical events fall flatter than the proverbial redskin who "bites the dust," there is much that is genuinely funny on the other side of the scales. The cover, by N. Choate '22, is perhaps the best of all; at first glance it is not too startling; but closer examination reveals a wealth of absurd details that go to make up a unique conception indeed. It is not easy to pick out any particular item that is vastly superior to the rest; most of those worth mentioning are written...
This organization did help to kill John Barleycorn, yet there were at the same time many other and more powerful forces working for the overthrow of Demon Rum. But the Women's Christian Temperance Union flatter themselves, if they believe that alone they can subdue Lady Nicotine...