Word: honest
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...impatient to start, that I am afraid I was for a moment disgusted with the honest skipper. He went up to the hotel, and soon returned with a suspiciously large lunch for one person. We took the little fishing-sloop that lay bumping against the pier, and started forth. The wind had freshened, and the sea was pretty rough. The Rosa was just in sight, and we bore down upon it with all sail, - which was one sail. I was trembling with excitement, and I could see that even the grim old captain was not indifferent to the emotions...
...that no Unitarian or Universalist can, with self respect, join the society - for such could be members not by virtue of a clean-cut statement of the constitution, but by its "fair" interpretation, which means by twisting it. This I charge, and I am told that I am honest and fair, but - contradict myself! Not a single argument is brought to overthrow my position. I contradict myself! What if I contradict myself a hundred times, does this disprove the fact that the "slight" change in the amendment was only a sop thrown to the conservative members to stop their opposition...
...whole matter into a nutshell: why did not the Brethren, if they are to be considered liberal, make a straightforward, honest statement of their position, that they were henceforth willing to admit Liberal Christians without reserve? A society that stands pledged for the highest morality ought to have moral courage enough to define its position about membership fairly and squarely, and not leave its constitution so that it can be twisted any way, both to satisfy its exclusive tendency, and to preserve before the public the reputation of being liberal...
...mere dependent; for though we find many lamp-posts without mail-boxes, we rarely, if ever, come upon a mail-box not connected with a lamp-post. But, mind you, when I say mail-boxes I do not mean the dainty, fragile articles often so misnamed; but the big, honest, ugly iron boxes that are painted green, and shaped like knapsacks; and that open their capacious chests, not to the minions of a single household, but to all the world. We take it that the post is a mere support, - "Ah yes!" they exclaim; "it is the post...
...Football Team has ended its work for the present season, and it may be justly praised for the honest and hard work which it has done. Although unsuccessful last Saturday, no one who saw the game can have failed to admire its pluck, and to recognize that the Team gave evidence of more faithful training than that of the past two years. The faults by which both the Princeton and Yale games were lost are such as may be corrected next year if attended to early in the season. The fact that the Yale men outweighed...