Word: contemptibility
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Certainly there will be many who will object to Mr. Lamont's apparent contempt for the value of extra-curriculum work. There are those, who stirred to exaggeration, will repeat the old saying that a man who fails to study in professional school is as much of a fool as the man who really studies in college. Others will claim with greater seriousness that the real value to be gained from college is the ability to meet and handle other men and that this is best acquired outside the classroom. Still others will trace the emphasis on practical achievement...
...those that have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before and I have seen their destruction, as will come upon these again-utter destruction and contempt. That we shall prevail is as sure as that God reigns. Thank...
...utter destruction and contempt waiting for those fools who resist Providence...
Thus with Verne and other aids people are beginning to have a contempt for the stories of mysterious denizens of the deep. Sea-serpents will be found crouching among the water lilies of every garden pool, and the next problem in upholstering will be how to transform the octopus into the parlor couch...
...were indicted. Two other men, one a labor leader, the other a detective, were subpoenaed to give evidence. They declined to talk on the ground that it might incriminate them. The State granted them immunity. They still refused to talk. They were sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court. They jumped bail, one was recaptured, the other gave himself up. They went to prison...