Word: sentimentality
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...that deep instinct of self-preservation brought the north almost unanimously together in defense of the imperiled nation. Its instantaneous effect was to scatter the temporizing plans of old politicians. Those who previously had denounced and persecuted the anti-slavery minority, suddenly felt drawn into this wave of national sentiment, and now denounced the slaveholders and their allies of the north. Impelled by this tide of enthusiasm, Fietcher Webster, son of the most conspicuous enemy of the anti-slavery crusade, took command of a Massachusetts regiment and later died on the field, fighting to re-enact...
...first boat got on probation after the season had begun, and this loss necessitated a general rearrangement of the crew, and greatly retarded its development. It is impossible to believe that athletes would so neglect their work as to get on probation, or that undergraduate sentiment would tolerate such virtual desertion of a team, if the extent of the harm done was fully realized...
...main objections to entering the ministry are the criticism and restraint to which clergymen are subjected, but men in all paths of life are open to criticism and are often restrained by public sentiment, which is only of a unique nature in the case of ministers. Although the salary of a minister is not much better than that of an expert cook or carpenter, the remuneration is upon an entirely different scale. It is spiritual. A minister has the satisfaction of the heartfelt gratitude of his fellows, and in old age, the knowledge that he has helped to raise...
...reason it is proper that the embodiment of the German ideas should be placed in the Harvard Museum of Social Ethics. The motive of the Emperor in presenting this gift was two-fold: first, to foster closer relations between German and American economists, and secondly, to promote a social sentiment between the two leading nations of the world...
...unanimous vote, the sentiment of the class was recorded as being opposed to disorderly smokers or meetings of any kind...