Word: fellowed
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...account of Boswell's love affairs, for he is no longer the same man. We hear the same voice after this, but it is cracked, and the merry ring is gone. The words no longer amuse us; they grow pitiful. It seems unkind to laugh at the lonely old fellow as he flits about his former haunts, only to find new faces and unkind greetings on every hand. We have laughed at his follies; now, when the folly begins to lose its mirth in sadness, we had best avert our eyes...
...call a man weak-minded because he cannot do what you can. I say, he is not weak-minded-physical infirmity is not weak-mindedness. Whether a man gets drunk or not, depends solely on his temperament. Negatively good, inactive people can be temperate; but the easy going fellow, cheerful in society, never...
...over the United States and England we have to-day on our side the greatest scholars and thinkers, and men of medical genius. The temperance cause is a right one; its principles are lawful, sensible, sane; and it demands and should receive respectful attention from all who love their fellow men. Very largely it has that attention today...
...Cornell students have determined that oratory shall not become a lost art at their college, and impressed with the importance of giving the budding statesman a chance to spread his farreaching opinion among his fellow men, have decided to organize a mock Congress. This congress is to be composed, of course, of two houses, but the number of members is to be limited. The plan at present is to have the senate composed of eighteen members, chosen for their ability and skill in debate, while the remainder of the congress, about forty men, will make of themselves a House...
...Middle Ages, the monkish chronicles and the legends of saints are full of the Devil, who suddenly becomes a very active member of society. He is now a rather contemptible, mischievous fellow. His primary object is to entrap human souls; but if not successful in making holy men sin, he is content, nevertheless, for he at least makes them miserably uncomfortable. He is always playing tricks upon the unwary, in which he is usually discomfited. A typical example of the Devil in the literature of this time is found in the story of his persecution of St. Dunstan...