Word: shame
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hayward and the rest, are many of them excellent reading, and a slight acquaintance with them will almost always bring with it the desire for greater familiarity. Not only are they thus interesting in themselves, but they form the best background for Shakespeare's works, and it is a shame that we are content to take him without...
...second essential is morality: for though there may be morality without religion, there can not be religion without morality. With shame I admit that we in the East are guilty of great offense against this virtue; and were you equally honest, you would have to confess that even your ministers are often sadly immoral. It is easy to say that because of it this or that religion is wrong, and to protest against that of which we do not approve; but until we have proved ourselves to be above it, to have outgrown such popular failings, our protest...
Liquor is John's enemy. He wants to let it alone, and it is unpardonable for a person to offer him the chance to drink, to say nothing of urging it upon him. Shame on the student who would countenance such...
...Fink explains to Agnes that the fatal letter was written before he knew her, and that the wrong impressions he had of her were given him by Silberling. Agnes invents a ruse to induce Silberling to give her back her promise - and accepts von Fink. Silberling, discovered, retires in shame and confusion...
...train was an hour late, making a quick change necessary before the concert, which was well attended. The Buffalo Club gave a dinner after the concert where the fellows watched the old year out. The new year, only too anxious to take its place, put the men to shame, getting in several hours before most of them...