| 单词 | worthlessness |
| 例句 | Nathan knew that this sadness, this feeling of worthlessness, wasn’t natural. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There ain’t nothing in my Noise but a pit full of my stupidity and worthlessness and hate. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z As soon as I’d said it I calculated the worthlessness of this autopilot adolescent protest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The feeling of worthlessness is what drove us to greatness. Sparring with Mike Tyson 2012-08-09T04:48:00Z Their parents are emotionally and physically abusive; ceramic bowls and wire hangers become weapons, and pointed words instill a sense of worthlessness and shame. For Asian Women Raised in Sweatshop Conditions, Queens Posed Obstacles to Assimilation 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z He was left with a sense of worthlessness, of letting people down. Suicide and silence: why depressed men are dying for somebody to talk to 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He calls everyone "bro" – a sure sign of the guy's worthlessness. TV highlights 23/08/2012 2012-08-22T19:00:01Z I didn’t start to shake my feeling of worthlessness until I made my first catch, probably our fourth game. On boys and balls: How I learned to stop hating sports 2014-05-12T23:00:00Z I suddenly understood that my feeling of worthlessness wasn’t humility; it was a dark perversion of ego, and I didn’t need it anymore. The Nick Cave Song That Changed My Life 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z You write about your “essential worthlessness as a person.” Misery and Megalomania: How David Adjmi Became a Playwright 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z He rarely opens his mouth, though when he does he uses it to make nasty pronouncements about the worthlessness of women’s art in general, and of Chris’s movie in particular. A Deflated Adaptation of the Singular Cult Novel “I Love Dick” 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z I scan the display for crawling dread, for utter worthlessness, for total confusion, for intense regret, for rule-hating frustration. Neil Strauss: 'My thinking was: If this woman’s going to be naked with me – I must be OK. It doesn’t last’ 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The worthlessness of female lives is one of this book’s recurrent, and most excruciating, themes. Review: Natashia Deón’s ‘Grace,’ a Tale of Slavery, Its Ghosts and Legacy 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Then, with his new trophy sparkling in his well-moisturized hands, he talked about its worthlessness. Perspective | Drake was the unlikely source for the Grammys’ biggest moment of truth 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The CDC, in its 2012 Summary of Health Statistics, reported higher rates of sadness, hopelessness and worthlessness in black men as opposed to white men. 'Empire' recap: Andre flushes medication, snaps 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The therapy sessions are interspersed with short essays that explore her self-doubt and how feelings of worthlessness were reinforced by sexism. 15 Memoirs and Biographies to Read This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The film is very much about feelings of shame, and worthlessness, but also freedom and independence. "Wildhood" is a Two-Spirit liberation: "I’m done with Indigenous and queer characters that are sad" 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z If anything, the surge of the information age and the decline of rock-and-roll have shown us the worthlessness of “raised awareness.” Review | Bob Dylan holds a mirror up to America and sees himself 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z "We test children into failure, and it's got to stop, it's not the right way forward," she said, adding that dyslexic children are being "tested into depression and worthlessness - that's how I felt at school". Carnegie medal winner Sally Gardner attacks Gove 2013-06-19T11:49:00Z Somehow, messages of worthlessness, of blame and shame, get caught up in our imaginations, even though those messages are only obliquely legible in the rhetoric of American opportunity. The Long Road to Angela Davis’s Library 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “Last Week Tonight” wrapped its final show of the year Sunday talking about the worthlessness of the penny. John Oliver manages brilliant Bill Cosby joke in epic routine on the worthlessness of the penny 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “People actually name their children after me,” he adds, after taunting Roy with his comparative worthlessness. Theater Review: ‘Public Reading About Death of Walt Disney,’ at Soho Rep 2013-05-10T17:23:50Z Downs's argument is that feelings of worthlessness can be created in childhood quite unintentionally, and these lead gay adults to search for an unachievable perfection. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z I felt that it reduced me to worthlessness. It’s Time for African Resistance, This Artist Says 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Similarly, we see Hevesh ponder the worthlessness of a college degree to a career in toppling, but are never apprised of her possible long-term professional options. ‘Lily Topples the World’ Review: What Goes Up 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z In Saudi dialect, explains Mr Menoret, the word describes the “subtle and incapacitating torpor” that results from a dawning sense of worthlessness and social inadequacy. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The show gets a welcome reprise, complete with a performance by Nora Fiffer that carefully steps over every trap in portraying Marilyn Monroe, revealing a woman irresistible to men and utterly convinced of her worthlessness. Summer stage is heating up 2011-05-27T14:25:14Z What is not hard to imagine, though, what in fact feels like a backdated American anthem, is the deafening tenacity of our perceived worthlessness as living, breathing human beings. Colson Whitehead's 'The Underground Railroad' is timely, necessary and shattering 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z He complains that his life “has been devoted in such large part to films of worthlessness.” Life Itself - A Memoir - By Roger Ebert - Book Review 2011-09-25T04:13:02Z I'm talking about the inherent worthlessness of everything and the inherent absurdity of the universe in which we live. Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles: 'I'm out on the open road now' 2012-10-28T19:18:08Z In his 20s, he began to suffer from clinical depression, which he described as a “self-absorbing feeling of worthlessness, of hopelessness.” Tony Dow, the Big Brother on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ Dies at 77 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Early documents tell us that Van der Goes entered a religious community called the Red Cloister and afterwards became ill, tormented by feelings of failure, worthlessness and sin. Spiritual vision and realism converge in the work of Hugo van der Goes 2011-08-01T17:24:40Z Jennifer Messit, 39, lives in Dublin and, at her worst, said she had "suicide ideations, feelings of worthlessness and every two weeks just wanted to kill myself". PMDD: Severe period symptoms leading some women to hysterectomies 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But developers have long conflated pricelessness with worthlessness, allowing them to profit without paying for the consequences of destroying the environment. Use Nature as Infrastructure 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z They give vent to feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, despair and alienation. The return of fascism: Fueled by widening inequality and the bankruptcy of liberalism 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z This humiliation fuels loneliness, frustration, anger and feelings of worthlessness. Can we stop pretending that America is a functioning democracy? 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z That so few people talked openly of depression complicated his private struggle, he said, and for years, he could not find ways to manage what he called a “self-absorbing feeling of worthlessness, of hopelessness.” Tony Dow, the all-American Wally on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies at 77 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Those comments - "All you have to do, darling is fit in that little dress of yours" - sit alongside a verse about a "really well-timed bad boyfriend" who amplified her feelings of worthlessness. Self Esteem: The bigger I get, the more threatening I become 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z “Nothing in ‘The Rules’ was news, exactly: the eternal defeat of non-lame women, the worthlessness of their ‘honesty,’ the way they so often ended up marrying lame guys whom they had initially rejected as tedious.” ‘Either/Or,’ Elif Batuman’s sequel to ‘The Idiot,’ will leave you clamoring for more 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z They give vent to feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, despair and alienation — and promise vengeance against the ruling class. The return of fascism: Fueled by widening inequality and the bankruptcy of liberalism 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z In a poem in her journal, she wrote: “Thoughts like racecars zoom constant in my head/ Self-hate and worthlessness/ Perpetual, they speed ahead.” ‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z We uncovered a lot of issues from my childhood — notably that my parents equated not being the “best” with worthlessness. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband obsessed with wife’s productivity sees the light 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z “When there is silence from a Congress too busy to renew the Violence Against Women Act for a decade, it reinforces that sense of worthlessness.” Congress votes to renew landmark domestic violence law 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Yet the same Democratic Party affiliation that Gacy's father cited as just one more sign of the young man's worthlessness actually became a vehicle for real achievement. Why serial killers are drawn to politics 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z In one study, teens who got 8¾ to nine hours of sleep per night had the lowest levels of mental health issues, including moodiness, feelings of worthlessness, anxiety and depression. Why teens need more sleep, and how we can help them get it 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z “There is no bar mitzvah for menopause,” she wrote, noting the “extreme feelings of worthlessness and uselessness” that many women felt after their children grew into adulthood. Pauline Bart, feminist sociologist who studied violence against women, dies at 91 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Right now there is a “lack of compassion and care for young Black lives,” Goodwill says, which may be fueling feelings of worthlessness. Suicide Rates Rise in a Generation of Black Youth 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Without paid work I’m not contributing to society and it’s difficult to put into words the sense of worthlessness that creates.” Generation Z and the Covid pandemic: 'I’m 100% more politicised' 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Because something as extreme as changing my identity failed to bring resolution, I felt like a lost cause, fixed in my failures and worthlessness. Changing My Name Allowed Me to Move On 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Most of the time, what normally passes for athletes talking is actually just athletes making noises: contrived and arbitrated noises, synthetic to the point of worthlessness. Rafael Nadal the beacon of sport's old power despite new normal 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z On the network’s website, a picture shows the comedian holding a Globe like a bludgeon, a callback to his 2016 tour of duty when he noted the worthlessness of an award he’d won three times. 2020 Golden Globes preview: Our forecast for Sunday's show 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z In a very rare record of his words, Mair told the journalist that the work was helping him to overcome “feelings of worthlessness” and was better than “all the psychotherapy and medication in the world”. The making of a bedsit Nazi: who was the man who killed Jo Cox? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z All three are consumed by feelings of worthlessness. ‘We failed to reach Europe – now our families disown us’ 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Donald Trump suffers from feelings of worthlessness and powerlessness far greater than what others would attribute to him. Bandy Lee to Robert Mueller: Time to stop "enabling Trump's disease" 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Starck said she had struggled with alcoholism throughout her life but always felt there was something else wrong: she often experienced racing thoughts, pressured energy mixed with feelings of worthlessness and depression. People share mental health journeys at performance 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z He described "the depression, the anxiety, the worthlessness feeling, the feeling hopeless, and social anxious, that all went away and I became social. I became happy. I wasn't anxious about anything, everything just felt perfect." Opioid addicts on how they got addicted 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The disorder, which begins during pregnancy or within a month of childbirth, is characterized by feelings of worthlessness or guilt, or thoughts of suicide and is far more severe than the common “baby blues.” First drug specifically for postpartum depression is approved 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The psychological strain of keeping the secret corrodes the soul, resulting in depression, feelings of worthlessness, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts. I’m shocked by those who still won’t accept Michael Jackson as abuser | Dan Reed 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z In the words of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, contempt is “the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another.” Opinion | Our Culture of Contempt 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z One is the current culture of contempt, which often reduces conflict to declarations of the other side’s worthlessness — not just in today’s ghastly political battles but also in increasingly hostile relationships between men and women. Opinion | The U.S. is in a crisis of love 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Trump’s concerns about the validity of others’ status and accomplishments reflects his own inner sense of worthlessness — a key characteristic of narcissistic personality disorder. Elizabeth Warren, the Democrats and the real problem with the "fake news media" 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Mrs May is not saving her leadership, she is devaluing it to the point of worthlessness. The Guardian view on the Brexit vote: the prime minister is on the run | Editorial 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z “It was just a feeling of worthlessness,” he said. Former Montana Grain Growers president recovering from burns 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z “I’m a pretty emotional person, so using logic for the first time to look at feelings of worthlessness was really compelling.” The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: can you put a price on sentimental value? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z He wants to overcome these feelings of worthlessness, self-doubt. Chief Justice Defends Judicial Independence After Trump Attacks ‘Obama Judge’ 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Treatment trials typically last six to eight weeks, and they focus on reducing negative symptoms, such as feelings of worthlessness, fatigue and thoughts of suicide. What’s Life Like After Depression? Surprisingly, Little Is Known 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z "I felt like everyone was judging me all the time… you start to get just horrible, horrible feelings of more and more and more worthlessness." Children 'must be be suicidal to get help' 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z According to a mental-health survey conducted four months after the hurricane, 18 percent of respondents reported frequent feelings of nervousness, hopelessness, restlessness, worthlessness and depression. When heavy rain falls, anxiety returns for many survivors of Hurricane Harvey 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The worthlessness of Venezuela’s currency is the result of inflation, 46,000% a year, which in turn is largely caused by the printing of money to finance the government’s deficit of 30% of GDP. Venezuelan cash is almost worthless, but also scarce 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z But now, at 43, she recognises it as a way of fighting the feelings of worthlessness and shame so many child abuse survivors experience. ‘It never stops shaping you’: the legacy of child sexual abuse – and how to survive it 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Other signs include feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness and weight changes. There is help and hope: Recognize suicide warning signs, reach out 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Although he also discussed profound loneliness and feelings of worthlessness, the videos showed that he took the time to think out the violence, and was hoping to send his classmates running for their lives. ‘You’ll All Know Who I Am,’ Parkland Suspect Said in Video 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z “Humiliation, worthlessness, fear, weakness, aloneness, loss, suffering and embarrassment. And it’s only the beginning for him.” Weinstein in Handcuffs Is a ‘Start to Justice’ for His Accusers 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z “You are giving meaning and legitimacy to something in a culture of worthlessness where nothing is important anymore.” Happy Meal Toys as Art 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Apparently for spiders, as for humans, it’s the wrapping that counts, because the worthlessness of the gift inside did not affect the receptivity of the female. Opinion | Gift-Giving Tips From Scientists 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z It was in these quiet moments that he taught himself how to grapple with feelings of loneliness, sadness and worthlessness. Healing through horseback riding in South Dakota 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Recently, Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, remarked that “the real problem in American politics today is not anger; it’s contempt. Contempt is the conviction of the worthlessness of another human being.” Perspective | If the Warriors want to take a stand, go to the White House and shake President Trump’s hand 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z This profound sense of worthlessness has been drilled into Nieto her whole life. 'He will kill me if he sees me again': abused women seek refuge in Mexico 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z They include extended periods — usually two weeks or longer — of low mood, feeling unable to enjoy normally pleasurable activities, insomnia, irritability, weight gain or loss, and feelings of guilt or worthlessness. More than a third of teenage girls experience depression, new study says 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z And that feeling of worthlessness isn’t only unpleasant. Rod Dreher’s Monastic Vision 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z "When you fail it brings only a sense of worthlessness and hopelessness. "It brings fear and shame and anxiety. School tests 'kill joy of reading', says War Horse author - BBC News 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Women often internalize depression—focusing on the emotional symptoms, such as worthlessness or self-blame, experts say. In Men, Depression is Different 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Feelings such as hopelessness, worthlessness or despair—psychologists call these “empty” emotions—typically signal depression and are pretty much impossible to turn to your advantage. Why You Need Negative Feelings 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z In a world where her sex is her currency, her worth, her worthlessness and her future, Jamie and even Frank are helpless to understand the reality of her situation, blinded by their own privilege. 'Outlander' recap: Claire loses Faith 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z He withdrew from the rest of the world, avoiding the pain and feelings of total worthlessness that hit him when he tried to address his problems. This dark side of the Internet is costing young people their jobs and social lives 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z It’s a narrative that teaches young people that they hail from worthlessness, and that in order to make it in life, they need to leave their homes and themselves behind. A black professor offers advice ‘For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood’ 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Symptoms included feelings of hopelessness, loss of interest in friends and activities, changes in sleep and appetite, trouble concentrating and feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt. Talk Therapy May Help Depressed Teens Who Shun Antidepressants 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z In our sullied national politics of abundantly veneered résumés and blatant half-truths, whenever a popular candidate's spoken words seethe with an evident worthlessness, the crowd rushes to applaud. How Far We Have Fallen 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The high goals are not the problem as much as the feelings of failure and worthlessness that come with falling short of reaching them. 9 DIY ways to improve your mental health 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z A closer look at the fish oil recommendation shows how health authorities first recommended fish oil despite mixed evidence, then let the recommendation stand even as studies suggesting their worthlessness mounted. Fish oil pills: A 1.2 billion industry built, so far, on empty promises 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Depression manifests in many different ways, including feelings of worthlessness, loss of interest in normal activities, and even recurring suicidal thoughts. How Rappers Are Destigmatizing Mental Illness 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Because Pilgrim’s Pride’s loss was reported in 2004, it was not subject to the expanded worthlessness rules resulting from the 2008 change. Fifth Circuit Reverses Tax Court, Allows $98 Million Deduction To Pilgrim's Pride 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The disorder is a form of depression whose symptoms include feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness and guilt, and even suicidal thoughts. When winter brings the blues: How to treat seasonal affective disorderm, or SAD 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The study looked at feelings of worthlessness, unhappiness, sleepless nights, and being unable to face problems. Walks and cycling 'well-being boost' 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z First, it exposes the worthlessness of NSA's data as a global resource outside of the US. Rebels’ Fast Strike in Iraq Was Years in the Making 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Feelings of worthlessness, or worse, of being a damaged and damaging burden, breed depression. Well: Living With Cancer: Finding Calm in the Storm 2014-03-06T17:47:59Z Symptoms also include increased fatigue and feelings of guilt or worthlessness. FDA approves Lundbeck's antidepressant Brintellix 2013-09-30T22:25:40Z Which not only adds a layer of worthlessness to the concept of preseason polls, it may mean that it isn’t Nick Saban who’s in charge of the game, but Karl Rove. Eye on Saturday: College football 2013 is here at last 2013-08-30T06:01:12Z These include unintentional weight gain or loss, problems sleeping, agitation or slowed reactions noticed by others, fatigue and low energy, feelings of excessive guilt or worthlessness, difficulty concentrating and recurrent thoughts of death. The Consumer: A Glut of Antidepressants 2013-08-12T18:56:54Z They were also asked to characterize their emotional state, using words like hopelessness, worthlessness, nervousness, or restlessness. Stress Kills The Mind, One Day At A Time 2013-05-30T21:22:18Z The feelings of worthlessness these messages instilled and the bullying I faced from others who believed them drove me into a spiral of depression I battled for years. Why I'm optimistic that Abercrombie & Fitch learned a big lesson 2013-05-25T11:30:00Z Whereas depression is usually constant, grief is more likely to ebb and flow in waves and it does not usually invoke the feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem that are so characteristic of depression. Researchers Take a Closer Look at the Most Common and Powerful Triggers of Depression 2013-02-07T13:15:00.200Z At ages 14 to 15 and again at ages 16 to 17, the kids were asked questions about their happiness and feelings of depression and worthlessness. Bullying: For Gay Teens, Does Life Get Better After School? 2013-02-04T12:50:22Z “One of the biggest problems with any kind of long-term illness is depression, despondency, worthlessness,” he said. The Neediest Cases: An Eastern Orthodox Priest Is Hobbled by Diabetes 2012-11-09T04:05:45Z Psychological distress was measured according to how interviewees answered questions about depression, nervousness, hopelessness and feelings of worthlessness among other things. "Better" neighborhood a mixed blessing for youth 2012-10-08T20:37:13Z “For advertisers, it’s a common strategy to manipulate consumers by tapping into their feelings of loneliness, worthlessness, and despondency,” said Whitbourne. Shopping Promoted as a Way to 'Fill the Void' 2012-08-14T00:05:26Z Symptoms include low mood and energy, insomnia, feelings of worthlessness, diminished pleasure in daily activities and weight change; to meet the criteria for a diagnosis, the symptoms must interfere with one's work or social life. Researchers Take a Closer Look at the Most Common and Powerful Triggers of Depression 2013-02-07T13:15:00.200Z We now see clearly that while clay is a much more fragile material than either silver or gold, its very worthlessness, despite its fragility, gives to it length of years. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z The desirable aspects of the Revolution were owing to the activity of that party, the undesirable to the worthlessness of its adversaries. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z His failure was not due to the worthlessness of his idea, but simply to the fact that another man had got in before him. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Christian preachers, generally, teach their hearers the entire worthlessness of good works, without they are connected with faith in the Gospel. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z To some it only proves either the futility of criticism, or the worthlessness of ancient tradition. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z Part of his personal struggles led to an affair, and Dickey said the guilt and worthlessness he felt from that caused him to contemplate suicide during the winter of 2005. In Memoir, Mets? Dickey Details Sexual Abuse 2012-03-28T02:13:41Z I never felt so strongly as I do now the utter worthlessness of the objects at which I have been aiming with so much zeal. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z Also, they oscillate between feelings of grandiosity and worthlessness, and the sexual attention helps keep them in the self-aggrandizing region of self-esteem.” Findings: A Refined Formula to Predict Doom in Celebrity Marriages 2012-03-12T23:11:14Z But, nevertheless, it was startling in this nineteenth century to come upon a sincere belief in the worthlessness of the green-tinted paper we cherish so fondly. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z Some 30 percent posted updates that met the American Psychiatric Association’s criteria for a symptom of depression, reporting feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness, insomnia or sleeping too much, and difficulty concentrating. Facebook Posts Can Offer Clues of Depression 2012-02-24T03:29:51Z Captain Douglas, moreover, was directed to note down the good behaviour of his officers and crew, and thus afford his employers a medium to distinguish merit from worthlessness. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The books in which worth and worthlessness were united were discriminatingly handled, the emphasis being laid on the better qualities. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z For a moment the two stood silent and thunderstruck, gazing at the pebbles, which in their perfect worthlessness seemed to mock them. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z There could not be a better illustration of the real character of his “priestly” informants, or of the worthlessness of the information which they gave him. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Did he pander to the barbarian view of the worthlessness of life? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z They loved to paint the sufferings of the lost, the worthlessness of human life, the littleness of mankind, and the beauties of an unknown world. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z In the presence of death it has been the custom to speak of the worthlessness, and the vanity, of life. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z From the very first it taught the vanity—the worthlessness of all earthly things. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z There were many hours in which he felt so much impressed with his entire worthlessness, that he believed no mortal not a stranger to his history, could entertain regard for him. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Nobody could see the stone, and none knew of its worthlessness but the two masons, and the church was finished and accepted. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Beneath our feet are the badges of worldly pomp and glory, the graves of Kings and Nobles and Knights; all in the Presence of God as dross and worthlessness. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Paper promises and silver substitutes may be poor; words and pictures may be cheap and may fade to worthlessness—but gold shines on. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The biologists, through the fossil forms of life, established the antiquity of man and demonstrated the worthlessness of Holy Writ. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z But I never credited a jot of them, or stirred hand or foot to prove their worth or worthlessness: I knew well it would be lost. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z M. de Pix�r�court mentions two which he deems so unexceptionable, that they might induce us to overlook the general worthlessness of that kind of composition. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Not one word of commentary is necessary, after such an exhibition of their worthlessness and vileness; and I shall, therefore, leave it as it is to speak for itself. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The fort was safer, but an admirable example had been given of the inefficiency, indolence, and general worthlessness of the Mexican officials. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z In New Jersey the State Sanitary Association has conclusively shown the utter worthlessness of the State vital statistics. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z He would sit belittling and ridiculing the company to himself until he had hypnotized himself with a conviction of their general worthlessness and inferiority. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Lewis, who had imbibed freely at the table, was overcome at once with an intense sadness, the talk of gambling having reminded him of the worthlessness of his life. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Paul and Luther, in precisely the same manner, experienced the inward emptiness and radical worthlessness of the religious system in which they had been trained. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The imitation of the qualities and idiosyncrasies of others is much more shameful than to dress in other people's clothes; for it is the judgment of our own worthlessness pronounced by ourselves. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The imagination vacillates between a keen sense of the importance of all, even the smallest, and the worthlessness of all, even the greatest. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Everywhere I turned I was met by the worthlessness of the scamp whose name I now bore. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z He felt cold, naked, his worthlessness laid bare; she felt, he knew, the same. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z These words of Goethe, like a sincere ceterum censeo, may well stand at the head of my thoughts on the worth and the worthlessness of history. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Because the civilized net result it has effected has eventually proved greater than that achieved by Islam, is no evidence whatever of Islam’s worthlessness or decadence. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z She had a sense of worthlessness, depravity, sin. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z We may learn the truth or error of principles, and the comparative value or worthlessness of practices; but the principles are still the same. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z No phenomenon of individual worthlessness observed within a narrow sphere can detract from the fact that the community constantly improves. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z The Spirit of God here sets before us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite grace; and, secondly, as to the utter worthlessness and depravity of human nature. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Its caprice, said he, is equalled only by its worthlessness, and the misery of that being who lives on its breath. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z I feel my own utter worthlessness when I make the comparison. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z With this dualism and the recognition of the worthlessness and absolutely vicious nature of the material world is combined a decided spiritualism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The Jew is not the victim of the Jew, the craze for luxuries is just like the "coney island" crowd to him; he knows what attracts them and the worthlessness of it. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z Adam might learn, in the light of the divine testimony about "the seed of the woman," the worthlessness of his fig-leaf apron. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z These branches are offered in all Northern cities, and this demand threatens the extinction of the tree, which until comparatively recent years has enjoyed immunity because of the worthlessness of its soft wood. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z For long Kallem could not get in a word; the other would not let himself be comforted; his misery and worthlessness were too great, and he was utterly without talent. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Crassus was busy in his province of Syria, laying his hands on every thing of any value, until somebody laid hands upon him, notwithstanding his worthlessness. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Maddened by the cruel vagaries of mongrel rule and increasingly conscious of the mongrel’s innate worthlessness, the Indian at last bares his teeth. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z “Want me around?” repeated Kenneth incredulously; “why, I thought I drove you to desperation with my lazy ways and erratic hours and general worthlessness.” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z The best defense of this superb red fir is the comparative worthlessness of its soft, weak wood. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z I just touched his hand and then turned towards the window and looked out on the view, whilst I was estimating in my own mind the value and worthlessness of Mr Charles Stanley. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z In addition to feeling inconvenienced by cancer, I also experienced a sense of worthlessness, although of a different sense than that which I felt upon my initial bout at age 13. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z By endorsing Peary you are upholding the cowardly verdict of Chester, Tittman and Gannett, who bartered their souls to Peary's interests by suppressing the worthlessness of the material upon which they passed. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We can moralize upon the comparative worthlessness of this world's goods, and call poverty and pain light evils. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Year by year its intellectual and moral worthlessness is being more generally recognized. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z And now as the day of wrath breaks, their eyes would be opened and they were to find out the absolute worthlessness of their silver and gold. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Of many options, a student was required to choose a course under a certain category despite its utter worthlessness regarding his degree. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Senator Hoar, who, with Senator Edmunds, has divided the honor of originating radical laws against Mormon polygamy, seems himself to have acknowledged their worthlessness as an effective remedy. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z Hence the old metaphor of worthlessness of "bricks without straw," but of course in burning, and in modern processes of pressing unburnt bricks, straw is no longer used. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z "It annoys me when people talk about the worthlessness of their IP," said Oliver, citing World of Goo as a prime example of the alternative approach. Handcircus founder tells games developers to hang onto their IP 2011-07-19T10:14:47Z Huge investments in Italy and Spain are now teetering on the brink of worthlessness. German nerves fray as bond yields jump 2011-07-19T07:59:00Z In Protestant countries no one at all accepts the doctrine of the worthlessness of life. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z In thus demonstrating the worthlessness of the “New Greek Text” of the Revisionists, I considered that I had destroyed the key of their position. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Can you suppose that such worthlessness could be cast aside and leave no trace? A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z “They sent,” says the Anglo-Saxon chronicler, “to the Angles, and bade them be told of the worthlessness of the Britons, and the richness of the land.” The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z The few survivors told how the desperate passengers brought their belts and bags of gold to the cabin, and threw them about with a bitter contempt of their worthlessness. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z Memorial showing not only the utter worthlessness but the absurdity of the work of the Mississippi river commission. United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog 2011-06-22T02:00:25.153Z On closer critical inspection, it is further discovered that their testimony betrays the baseness of their origin by its intrinsic worthlessness. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z I had said what I had to say, for the most part, as to the absurdity and improbability of the case supposed, and the inadequacy, the worthlessness, the chimerical nature of the remedy proposed. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z She was especially strong on the "deadliness of doing," the worthlessness of "good works." Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z His infatuation for one so base proved his entire worthlessness. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z But she spoke to an angry and unrepenting nature, and the only answer to her remonstrances made her acquainted with the worthlessness of him in whom she had confided so long. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z By consequence, we consider their joint and exclusive attestation of any particular reading, “an unique criterion” of its worthlessness; a sufficient reason—not for adopting, but—for unceremoniously rejecting it. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z General manager Jack Zduriencik swapped Carlos Silva for Bradley before last season in an attempt to acquire a warm body for Silva's high-priced worthlessness. No hits, no mulligans: Why Milton Bradley's career is over 2011-05-10T05:05:58Z Though diseased and shattered moralists may talk of the vanity of human aims and the worthlessness of this world, life surely has its meaning. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z I have done wrong, but there may be a faint chance left me, in spite of my worthlessness. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Had he heeded the dream it would have been brought forward as evidence to prove the worthlessness of such visions. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z I bring unto Thy grace a sevenfold praise, Thy wondrous love I bless— I praise, remembering my sinful days, My worthlessness. Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg 2011-04-11T02:00:10.567Z Northern fancy reserved this honor for the elder, not perhaps without a poetic sense of the outcast existence of the plant and its worthlessness for any practical use. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z My mother well understood my inertness and worthlessness; she knew too that my pride would not long allow me to be a dependent on those upon whom I only had the claims of kinship. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z How exquisite, for example, and, at the same time, how powerful and convincing, his delineation of the utter worthlessness of vanity and pomp, contrasted with the pure and perfect delights of simple nature! History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Truly Reinhold, you must be much impressed with your own value, or my worthlessness, that you venture to offer it to me. Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:40.700Z So, sir, not satisfied with a life of indolence and dependence, you have now added infamy to your worthlessness, and have not even spared the members of your own family the contagion of your vice. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z The loud and crying complaints of the worthlessness of this class are but too justly founded. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z The minority of the City Council, aware of the worthlessness of all royal edicts, favored breaking with royalty for all time. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Or can any further proof be needed, of the utter worthlessness of all the constitutions, which these lawmakers and judges swear to support, and profess to be governed by? A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z He had promised to make a full confession of his sins, and he did so, telling Eva with entire frankness how he had known for a long time of Bertram's utter worthlessness. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z As late as this morning I was as certain as yourself of the worthlessness of the charges preferred against Cornelius. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z And now the scene is a dingy little shop in Caledonian Market, where things of an incredible worthlessness lie in wait for such as seek after an impossible cheapness. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z There is no danger for me in the money, I know its worthlessness. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z It is this Father, however, whose case conclusively proves the utter worthlessness of the evidence. What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence 2011-01-03T03:01:06.770Z In order to prove to her Oldenburg's worthlessness--of which I had heard on all sides fabulous accounts--I pretended to let him fall in love with myself. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Overall, 23 percent of the boys and 31 percent of the girls suffered from symptoms of depression, including feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness and sleep disturbances, they report in the journal Pediatrics. Fish oil may curb depression among teen boys 2010-08-16T19:41:00Z But before she knew it she would find herself in the middle of a massive meal, full of depression, despair, and feelings of worthlessness. Eating Disorders Affect People of All Weights 2010-05-06T15:21:00Z He had but one good quality: he was not vain, and when he got among really capable, intelligent people he recognized his own worthlessness. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z Men, in particular, see themselves as breadwinners and are prone to feelings of worthlessness and depression during lengthy periods without a job, Wilcox says. Estranged spouses increasingly waiting out downturn to divorce 2010-03-22T04:00:00Z He had a feeling of worthlessness, hopelessness, appetite disturbance, mood swings.” 2010-01-27T15:34:00Z As for the initiated, they knew the worthlessness of positive religion and morality; they believed in nothing, and scoffed at the practices of the faithful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" You had it in your power once to turn your back deliberately on all this worthlessness; but I won't go into that now.... Capricious Caroline Then down we sink again in disgust at the worthlessness of it all. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 He spoke of the worthlessness of all earthly pleasures compared to the heavenly ones. Brother Francis Less than the least Its irremediable worthlessness filled my soul even in my early youth with bitterness. The Life-Work of Flaubert From the Russian of Merejowski I had been to morning service in an Edinburgh church with a Scotchman, and there again had heard a sermon on the worthlessness of riches. Friend Mac Donald It was the last cry of despair when he touched bottom, the moment when weaker temperaments think of the emergency exit, realise their final worthlessness—proving themselves worthless, indeed, thereby. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath The worthlessness of these sequels is the more remarkable when we consider the excellence of the other books which make up what may be called the Simplicissimus-cycle. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim He must assure himself of her worthlessness, hammer into his brain that from the beginning she had merely trifled with him. Sinister Street, vol. 2 At Athens also the victims were crowned with figs and fig-branches, being probably the symbol of utter worthlessness. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 A little group of good fellows has been brought together, who are all equally impressed with the worthlessness of our social state. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. She was aware, now, of the worthlessness of the place. The Land of Strong Men It was not merely his loneliness that he felt in that great crowd, but it was his utter inutility—his actual worthlessness—to all others. Tony Butler The same may be said with much more reason of morality, for it also is a rule, it regulates our actions, it determines the ethic worth or worthlessness of a man. The Progressionists, and Angela. She even went so far as to say that she was a party to the contract only on the condition of its utter worthlessness. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Already the conduct of Israel was such that the place was named from human worthlessness rather than Divine beneficence. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus This was partly due to the moral worthlessness of the Greek religion itself. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy I have always been so far sensible as to check self-esteem, and to appreciate my literary toys at their due worthlessness. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Yes, the same old Gordon, with perhaps a little of his silly pose gone, with a realization of his uselessness and worthlessness. A Top-Floor Idyl Indeed all Capefigue’s works receive their colour from his legitimist politics; he preaches divine right and non-resistance, and finds polite words even for the profligacy of Louis XV. and the worthlessness of his mistresses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" I have purposely avoided all external evidence, from the mere fact of its worthlessness, inasmuch as it is that kind of evidence which itself needs proof. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence The worthlessness of his own gods Atahualpa was not slow to admit. The Spanish Pioneers And I weep my utter weakness, And my worthlessness lament for, 100 I am poor, and all unaided, Wholly wretched, void of succour, Here in such an evil station, On a plain among the willows. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two Had I been accused of absolute worthlessness, I should have pleaded guilty in the state of humiliation to which I was reduced; but things were better than they might have been. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 It took but a short time to demonstrate the utter worthlessness of the Articles of Confederation. The Greater Republic A History of the United States It took the terrible death of his friend to show him the sacredness of human life, and the worthlessness of pride, freedom, or land in comparison with it. Mothering on Perilous Here, by the way, lies the worthlessness of President Eliot's list of books to the untrained mind. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College Much is there, too, of importance, and useful for the future, in the portraitures of national bad faith and individual worthlessness which appear throughout the whole transaction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Both senses are included in the words of Solomon, who at once asserts the general wickedness of mankind, and the comparative worthlessness of women. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition No one doubts the worthlessness of currency in any form of note, from individual or firm, which cannot be paid when presented. Rural Health and Welfare If the chapels which surround the building have been omitted on account of their artistic worthlessness, not the same fate awaits the cloister. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The insincerity of the compliments he paid, the lying compliments to which he listened with an ingenuous smile and an entire comprehension of their worthlessness, steadily robbed his ideal of its radiant aloofness. The Bright Shawl The antique ring which I now hold in my possession, the priceless relic of a mournful tragedy, would have shared the fate of the rest but for its apparent worthlessness. The Lamplighter Ignorance and uncouthness may put on the garb of modest merit, and worthlessness seek to veil itself by an unattractive exterior; but under never so many layers the truth remains intact. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 He pleads for Sodom, and that, in spite of its utter worthlessness. Training the Teacher There was a bliss in these business confidences, which each one thought was her or his own exclusive and unsuspected theft, and which was all the sweeter for the confidences' practical worthlessness. John March, Southerner At forty-two, we find Coleridge saying in a letter: I feel with an intensity unfathomable by words my utter nothingness, impotence, and worthlessness in and for myself. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The amateurs can take care of themselves, but the born-masters display an amiable worthlessness for every thing but their art. History of Morgan's Cavalry “Singular how a woman will bear any amount of laziness, actual worthlessness, indeed, in a man who is good to her,” the Bishop remarked. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 Weeping poetesses filled whole columns with their tears, and in every local sheet new Werthers were trying to tell of the worthlessness of life and the beauties of dying. Home Life of Great Authors While in Suez the Judge had paid Cornelius off, written a note to be given by him to Major Garnet, and agreed, in recognition of his abundant worthlessness, to part with him from date, finally. John March, Southerner To unravel even a part of this tangled web so as to expose its argumentative worthlessness, soon fills a page.... Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford In the character of Cleopatra, Shakespeare has made a wonderful study of the fascination which beauty and charm exert, even when coupled with moral worthlessness. An Introduction to Shakespeare The worth of honour lies in that same worthlessness. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 The latter is of any amount of worthlessness, and no stress is laid upon it. The Ethnology of the British Islands Christian socialism is absolutely worthless, and its utter worthlessness is due to the essentially parasitic character of supernaturalistic or orthodox Christianity. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View The absolute worthlessness of unsupported dicta such as these, ought to be apparent to all. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford I enclose stamped envelope for a reply, since I do not desire the return of the manuscript, regarding your judgment of its worthlessness as quite final. The Hound of Heaven Ibsen's protest against limited horizons, against theorists, formulists, social codes, conventions, derives its justice from the worthlessness of those conventions, codes, theories, in the light of the infinite. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe These ex post facto traditions may be of any amount of value, or of any degree of worthlessness. The Ethnology of the British Islands Both, however, agreed in destroying individuality, inasmuch as the one degraded man into a will-less machine for executing the commands of others, and the other deadened him in cultivating the feeling of his sinful worthlessness. Pedagogics as a System He teaches the child such accomplishments as can be readily exhibited when required, without regard to their usefulness or worthlessness, so long as they are showy. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts In words which he quotes from another prominent physician, ‘He is the best doctor who knows the worthlessness of most drugs.’ Carmen Ariza The Burgesses, in 1682, spoke of the worthlessness of tobacco as an "ineffable Calamity". Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 Think of the infinitesimal smallness, the irredeemable worthlessness, the unutterable meanness of a soul that could forsake those it had loved, and be happy believing that they were suffering and eternally lost! Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures They were unsaleable—she saw the worthlessness of them far more than Iden. Amaryllis at the Fair It is vain to make light of logic, when the parties who set it at nought are themselves obliged to use it to prove its own worthlessness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The object of Bunyan, like that of Luther, like that of all great spiritual teachers, was to bring his wandering fellow-mortals into obedience to the commandments, even while he insisted on the worthlessness of it. Bunyan It is difficult, with his present position in history, especially when taken in relation to the now well-certified worthlessness of his contemporaries, to realize to the imagination the full extent of his infamy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. For he was once a priest and lived in a monastery, and he left the priesthood and the monastery convinced of the worthlessness of both. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The fundamental cause of the worthlessness of the labor on the demesne is the fact which accounts for the absence of a money payment for the work not performed. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Is it an impression of the vileness and worthlessness of our species? The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 I have often wondered, Hildegarde, how so proud a woman as you could so soon accept the worthlessness of a pupil on whom she had spent such pains as you upon me. The First Violin A Novel When he comes home from discussing politics with his co-mates and brothers in exile, she will not fail to jibe him on the general worthlessness of his existence, and accuse him of intemperance. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland But there was the dim, childish sense of her own smallness and inadequacy, a fatal sense of worthlessness. The Rainbow It is said that one day, when the Commander-in-chief came to inspect the progress of the work, Gordon denounced the whole thing most vehemently, and exposed its worthlessness. General Gordon A Christian Hero That there should be any truth in this statement that the public was so slow to recognize so fine a genius, is a mortifying evidence of the worthlessness of a literary popularity. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 No other religion ever drew such pictures of the worthlessness of earthly-mindedness and of living merely for this present world. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 Of course it would hardly be right to sell it to an innocent person, who did not know of its worthlessness, for then they would lose also. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer We met several canoes of goldseekers on their return who shouted doleful warnings at us and cursed the worthlessness of the district to which we were bound. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse She knew that the man was distinguished for his intelligence as well as for his general worthlessness. Heart of the Blue Ridge The revelation of God gives a profound sense of our own nothingness and worthlessness, and lays us on our face in the dust in self-abnegation. Days of Heaven Upon Earth Moreover, they joined this movement under the deep conviction of the utter worthlessness of Hinduism as a way of salvation, and with a purpose to seek after that which is best in thought and life. India, Its Life and Thought Her poor mother had seen, with the clearness of a mother's love, that the marriage would never tend to her child's happiness: she had observed both characters narrowly, and was perfectly convinced of Burrell's worthlessness. The Buccaneer A Tale Wendell Phillips has shivered the English language all to pieces in attempts to describe the baseness and utter worthlessness of the Republican party. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II These women may have literary culture and social polish; but, for want of an idea to light up their eyes and strengthen their souls, these things are only glitter and worthlessness. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Our part is simply to yield ourselves fully recognizing our own worthlessness and then take Jesus Himself to live in us and be, moment by moment, our strength, purity and victory. Days of Heaven Upon Earth He wondered whether it were not proof of his general worthlessness that he was so quickly adjusting himself to the conditions of rural life; and yet from such reflections his spirit quickly rebounded. Otherwise Phyllis And they tell us, that this is vanity; this the worthlessness of human desire; this the misery and desolation of the human heart. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The moment had come when the value or worthlessness of "The Harnett" was to be decided. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation Collier's Weekly undertook to reveal the worthlessness and fraud in the trade in patent medicines. The New Nation But if he was, who should try to save him from worthlessness if not his nearest relatives? Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Concord represents University philosophy, as a dude represents fashion, and as University philosophy is a haughty antagonist of all genuine philosophy, it is important to illustrate its worthlessness. Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 If any one had told him that he was an object of pity because of his boy's worthlessness, he would have sputtered with indignation. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. The Christian Church has left nothing untouched with its depravity, it has made a worthlessness out of every value, a lie out of every truth, a baseness of soul out of every straight-forwardness. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature But the smile faded, and was succeeded by a look of dismay, when he recognized the worthlessness of his booty. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains Adriana's husband is frequenting another woman who, having the charm that so often goes with worthlessness, has a power of attracting that is sometimes refused to the noble. William Shakespeare Their general reputation for turbulence and worthlessness of character is well known and of long standing: still there are those who seem willing and ready to work if assisted by the government. The Indian Question (1874) Why should he, if, as is probable, he has discovered the utter worthlessness of the property? The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines In Adams’s hand Papeete’s skull had been a talisman of terrible and magical power, for with it he had touched men, and the men touched had disclosed their worth and their worthlessness. The Pools of Silence I have not space to describe in detail the ruin, misery, tumults, loss and confusion which attended the speedy descent of Law’s paper and shares to entire worthlessness. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages For example, the first period is that of the lost days of sin, in which the great lesson taught is the bitterness and worthlessness of a disobedient life. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God He knew the worthlessness of his enemies; and it is doubly galling to the generous and the brave when fortune, in her base fancies, obliges them to succumb to mean and malicious adversaries. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History If she could but seek rapturous peace out here in my wilderness with some man that she really loves—but no woman is born into mature society with a knowledge of its utter worthlessness. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee Primitive Christianity preached the worthlessness of earthly life, regarding it merely as a preparation for an eternal life beyond. Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe' What is more readily come by than madness of speech and worthlessness of character? The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura The plain truth is, these learned men are better than their theory; the worthlessness of which they are made to feel in the present most conspicuous instance. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark An amusing instance of the worthlessness of the Greek sailors, whom, from first to last, he tried to make useful, may here be given. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II In his Principles of Astrology, published in 1602, and in other works, he rails against the vanity and worthlessness of the ordinary astrology. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler The worthlessness of life is an idea that agrees with science, meets the mood of the age, and fires the imagination of the artist. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Faustus was silent; for the adventures he was every day compelled to witness forced him, against his inclination, to believe in the moral worthlessness p. 187of man. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom She went into the next class-room with an aching head, and a heart throbbing with a sense of utter worthlessness in herself, and of bitter cruelty in others. Peggy A day had not passed, however, before Lord Cochrane had fresh proof of the worthlessness of that pretended gratitude. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Under the first two Georges its progress had been hindered by the absence of great topics for discussion, the worthlessness of the writers, and above all the lethargy of the time. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 Some years afterwards the individual came under my command, and proved to be of so eccentric worthlessness that I thought him on the border-line of insanity. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life He said when the note came due it would be easier for the maker of it to prove the worthlessness of the patent than it would for him to prove it was valuable. Twenty Years of Hus'ling The younger patient needed to share her angry feelings and sense of worthlessness. Humanistic Nursing Asceticism arose within the Christian Church partly as the practical expression of the conviction of the worthlessness of things transitory and partly as a reaction against the moral laxity of the times. A Source Book for Ancient Church History I do not use any more old spawn, but I have used it often and long enough to be convinced of its general worthlessness, unless preserved with the greatest care. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure Would not the Camanche's criticisms possess some value as his, quite apart from their intrinsic worth or worthlessness? Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Iskender confessed that he was about to present himself before a certain great one, in the hope of patronage, and felt the need of Heaven's favour to support his worthlessness. The Valley of the Kings Some, again, were old women, who would, it might be supposed, from their very worthlessness, have been allowed to remain behind by their barbarous captors. The Three Commanders And when the war was declared, our fathers knew their duty, and knew the worthlessness of the pompous proclamations and promises of President Madison's generals and agents. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Nothing can exhibit more strikingly the farcical nature of public meetings, and the hollowness, worthlessness, and accidental character of popularity, than the circumstances of Durham’s arrival here. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) He has simply consumed a portion of the savings of his ancestors, and balanced the energy and honor of their lives by his own life of worthlessness and shame. Practical Ethics He reached into his pocket, before remembering the worthlessness of his bills. Victory And yet this same Boswell is "a man of the meanest and feeblest intellect"; and, strangest of all, only achieves his amazing success by force of his worthlessness and folly. Dr. Johnson and His Circle Millicent was always so frank upon the subject of her own worthlessness. There was a King in Egypt All men should have a college education in order that they may know its worthlessness. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators But Nero feared Seneca might expose his worthlessness and the philosopher himself take the reins. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 For to be hated by the most excellent is the height of worthlessness. Plutarch's Morals I had taken the exact measure of the fellow’s utter worthlessness long before. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Having much, they knew the worthlessness of things: they realized what Walter Pater has called "the poverty of riches." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Do you know," said a new voice thoughtfully, "I think he recognized the worthlessness of his profligate son, and planned to sink his whole fortune in this institution? Heart of Gold The absolute worthlessness of spiritual communication comes in when we are told by the medium, caught in a contradiction, that spirits are awful liars. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 True the evidence it affords is sometimes negative, often conflicting, but it is so rather from imperfect interpretation than from any intrinsic worthlessness. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Reiteration of the superior nutritive qualities of that member, and positive assertions of the comparative worthlessness of the right leg, doubtless impressed the patients' minds in a salutary manner. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Often things being equal the trophy hunter will avoid killing young and female game animals on account of the worthlessness of their heads as trophy if not for any ethical reason. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration It is the giver who determines the worth or the worthlessness of the gift. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year “The Spaniards have already shown us the uselessness of conciliatory measures as well as the utter worthlessness of their guarantees for the safety of those who submit,” said the burgomaster. The Lily of Leyden “Unquestionably not; at least, if any of them do, it will be such a proof of their own absolute worthlessness, that you will be well rid of such acquaintances.” Julian Home After she had left the room, Westray examined the picture once more, and more than ever was he convinced of its worthlessness. The Nebuly Coat She explained that in this place she "felt her worthlessness." Sacrifice The business is now in such ill odor that intelligence-office servants are proverbial for worthlessness and all the worst qualities of the class. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Why did he get him, and have him made quartermaster-sergeant, and stick to him as he did for months, after everybody else was convinced of his worthlessness? A War-Time Wooing A Story Where yesterday broad, thick leaves of green tobacco had stood out strong and vigorous there hung only limp shreds, punctured and torn into worthlessness. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The park walks had been bordered with rows of benches and upon each bench slumbered at least one human derelict who, apparently, realized his worthlessness and had given up the fight. Fair Harbor He would now condescend to hear any excuse that No. 3, rear rank, had to offer, so that he would be able to remark upon its utter worthlessness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 The Master explained that such inconsistency, such wicked trifling with matters most sacred, such determined opposition to truth, would surely be revealed in their true light, and the worthlessness of boasted learning would appear. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Whatever the King of Israel might think of his company, the fact that he was in it gave to their worthlessness a new tenure of existence and to their wickedness an added licence. Men in the Making When we look down upon it all from the height of some quiet, meditative hour, are we not at times oppressed with a sense of its triviality and worthlessness? The Chief End of Man The little man, with all his vaporing, his windy boasts, his general utter worthlessness, had at bottom a grain of something genuine which keen Ike Byloe lacked. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 But, you will say, if the theorists did not succeed in proving the doctrinal falsity of astrology, experience should have shown its worthlessness. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Whoever has set himself to any special line of investigation, cannot open one of those books without discovering its utter worthlessness and incapacity to aid him in his own specialty. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author She twitted me about my worthlessness that night in Washington; bade me tear down the heavens. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! So well had he already begun to learn the worthlessness of life's trifles. The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms They must bring better evidence than this to show the worthlessness of tradition. Folklore as an Historical Science Yet the smallness, the seeming worthlessness, of our means is often pleaded as an excuse for withholding them altogether. Christie Redfern's Troubles In these days of chemistry there is less chance for them, but they are continually submitted to one's notice, their merits being enlarged upon in proportion to their worthlessness. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists In the case of the latter, how sad to think that they should be dragged out into worthlessness or dishonour, all for want of a friendly hand to snap them short! Better Dead His enemies are men under whose worthlessness the Christian world has groaned too long.' Short Studies on Great Subjects And he cannot see that in giving this excuse he is condemning himself, and making open confession of the worthlessness of the training that he has given to his pupils. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular L. 30-1/2" "During the first part of the Civil War the United States purchased a great quantity of these arms, and before their worthlessness became apparent a considerable number was issued. A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" And then in our private charity, is not this the secret of the worthlessness of so much so-called charity that constantly we give not really to help the sufferer, but to save ourselves? The After-glow of a Great Reign Four Addresses Delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral I remember many such cases which would make you stare for the foolishness of men and the worthlessness of some women. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories Every man should get rich, that he might know the worthlessness of riches; and every man should have a college education, just to realize how little the thing is worth. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The World War proved the utter worthlessness of Christianity as a civilizing force. The Necessity of Atheism We have not space now for any critical investigation of the work, and therefore merely warn that portion of our readers who feel any interest in ethnological studies, of its utter worthlessness. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Why, why do I at length feel conscious of my utter worthlessness? The Young Duke Thy father, expatriated by the spells of a sorceress, and forced into foreign countries, to associate with vice, worthlessness, profligacy, and crime! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 During the many years The Cluthe Rupture Institute was located in New York City, we had daily evidence of the utter worthlessness of all such trusses. Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured Calling around him the choicest minds of Greece, he pointed out the worthlessness of their altars and shame of public life, but Athens was quiet. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform He further says:— "Much of the worthlessness, lassitude, and physical and mental feebleness attributable to the modern woman are to be ascribed to these habits as their initial cause." Plain Facts for Old and Young He found little to help him in the court religion of the age, but he was immensely impressed with the Jansenist conception of the frailty and worthlessness of the natural man. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France "Perhaps he himself does not know the schemes, or the worthlessness of the men who mean to use his credit for their own ends." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Cluthe soon saw the utter worthlessness of all the trusses then in existence. Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured Yes, even such kinship as human worthlessness may have with infinite perfection. Cape Cod Folks He begins with a disquisition on the worthlessness of life, and repeats somewhat tediously the story of his visit to Scotland. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study A revelation from God which should submit its truths to be judged by the ignorance, and its commands by the inclinations, of sinful men, would by that very submission declare its worthlessness. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity At present a state of affairs is being created where class distinctions are likely to be barriers to the promotion of individual worth—and equally, of course, to the demotion of individual worthlessness. Applied Eugenics For, like Meyerbeer, convinced of the worthlessness of their feelings, they manufactured spectacles for the operatic stage, and pandered to a taste which they least of all respected. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Bolingbroke's speeches, though so enthusiastically praised by the best judges, have perished by their own worthlessness. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Here I had some new insights which helped me forward, and I heard much of the worthlessness of religious dogmas. Confessions of Boyhood The Christian church has left nothing untouched by its depravity; it has turned every value into worthlessness, and every truth into a lie, and every integrity into baseness of soul. The Antichrist Now, each unworthy act At once through all my senses thrills; Each instance vile of human worthlessness, My soul with holy anger fills. The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi The evidence of the worthlessness of the entire series was so strong that the publishers had it entirely rewritten by more competent authors. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Without principle, he was yet amiable, and with his dashing style and address, one forgot his worthlessness. Bohemian Days Three American Tales By this time, too, Mosby had become convinced of the utter worthlessness of the saber as a cavalryman's weapon, and for his own armament adopted a pair of Colts. Rebel Raider I have laughed at you while you were cheating me; I have placed a premium upon your worthlessness and rascality. An Arkansas Planter The Yankee is to the Southerner a synonym for all that is low and base and cunning, and the Southerner is to the Yankee the embodiment of all worthlessness and crime. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Harry withdrew from her at last, becoming, as I was, quite oppressed with a sense of his youth and worthlessness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. For when Lute Brown's murderer, fleeing for his life, had opened his parcel and discovered the worthlessness of that for which he had turned Judas, something snapped in his befuddled brain. A Pagan of the Hills I dared not have attempted Horace but that I saw the utter worthlessness of all former translations, and thought that a better p. 127one, by whomsoever executed, might meet with some little encouragement. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle He had a fixed income and so knew the worthlessness of riches. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers His remarks about the execution of the prisoners, and the worthlessness of the Chelah battalions, and so on, was a private conversation, and was only a matter of opinion. The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib Some suspicion of the worthlessness of her lover, some enlightenment as to his perfidy, or his unaccountable disappearance alone, may have occasioned its manifestation. Alec Forbes of Howglen The worthlessness of the Negro does not cause the opposition that the prosperity of the best of the race does. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Hesitation, and speaking with evident difficulty "such an a experience as might teach one both the worth and the worthlessness of money." Queechy, Volume II She was his sister and she needed him now as never before, needed him now despite his self-admitted worthlessness. From the Housetops Now I rejoice that I can again visit the meetings, where I hear of Him who, notwithstanding all my worthlessness, has so loved me! The Moravians in Labrador He had a strong feeling of the worthlessness of man's life in comparison with the work he has to do, even if that work be only the spreading of a fother of dung. Alec Forbes of Howglen The law has been fulfilled for us in condescension to our inherent worthlessness, and our business is to appropriate another's righteousness, and not, like Titans, to be scaling Heaven by profane efforts of our own. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc I think that our ugliness arises from our metaphysical remnants . our confused morals, the worthlessness of our marriages, and so on, are the cause. We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8 "I would have every man rich," said Emerson, "that he might know the worthlessness of riches." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters A fourth great principle of his nature was the conviction of the worthlessness and fleeting nature of all worldly goods. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga The first duty of an American citizen should be a thorough acquaintance with American political institutions, their origin, their growth and progress, their utility or their worthlessness. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 She had proved the worthlessness of life, and now she prepared herself to die. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales He admitted that it was difficult, and laughed over the exchange the peasant is compelled to make, of food for paper; the worthlessness of Russian paper struck him as comic. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Such things may charm the little; sensible men know their worthlessness. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth So that it is almost a test of worthlessness that the multitudes approve. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses One is shocked by the moral blindness or obliquity which takes them only as a further sign of her worthlessness. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth She understood very well indeed the utter worthlessness of life. Mike Fletcher A Novel Do you remember the teaching about the worthlessness of mortal mind love? Jewel's Story Book Not Mucedorus or Fair Em, not The Birth of Merlin or Thomas Lord Cromwell, could reasonably or fairly be regarded as on the same level of worthlessness with this incomparable production. A Study of Shakespeare For this reason we must endeavour to demonstrate their intrinsic worthlessness. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 Something happened to me yesterday that more than ever convinced me of the worthlessness of riches. Prince Fortunatus But now I remember she did not die for any profound belief in the worthlessness of life, but merely on account of a vulgar love affair. Mike Fletcher A Novel Now a sense of the comparative worthlessness of his aims had come upon him. The Child of the Dawn They had proved to demonstration and overwhelmed with obloquy the incompetence, the imbecility, the untrustworthiness, the blunders, the forgeries, the inaccuracies, the obliquities, the utter moral and literary worthlessness, of previous students and societies. A Study of Shakespeare That "O Lord!" was his summing up of a growing and demoralizing sense of the worthlessness and unreality of life. The Vehement Flame He is obese and a malingerer to such an extent that he is almost an imbecile—worthlessness, obesity, and imbecility and laziness. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term When James's thesis shall have been fully worked out, much supposed investigation of primitive religions, which is really nothing but imagination concerning primitive religions, will be shown in its true worthlessness. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Let a man apply this principle to wife, friends, possessions and enthusiasm in general and life sinks into utter worthlessness. Woman in Modern Society The majority perished of their proper worthlessness; the few remaining contrived to make their existence incompatible with the safety of the state. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) She wondered at herself, sometimes, for having ceased to mind their language, their shameless way of going half-clad, their general atmosphere of moth-like worthlessness—and then laughed at herself for wondering! The Real Adventure And then they sent for the Angles, and told them of the worthlessness of the people and the excellences of the land. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 The idol pleasure was worshipped with such ardour and devotion, that all ranks were striving to outdo each other in tinsel, trumpery, and deeds of worthlessness and folly. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 For, stripped in this manner, they conceive it to approach the nearest to its native worthlessness or dust. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 Certainly the utter worthlessness of the prizes for which men labour and so late take rest, barter their happiness, their peace, their honour, was never more scathingly depicted. Cecilia de Noël He had himself been taught by the Spirit that it is more humbling for us to take what grace offers, than to bewail our wants and worthlessness. The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne It rested on an unclouded faith in the Divine guidance, and on a very just estimate of the worthlessness of contemporary praise and blame. Outspoken Essays But to his teacher, who seems to have been rather more belligerent than is usual with Quakers, Robert's neglect of his studies and visits to the machine shops were so many indications of growing worthlessness. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made "It's merely that you have roused me to a sense of my own general worldliness and worthlessness," he replied, laughing as they shook hands. A Hoosier Chronicle While at sea Froude pursued his favourite musings on the worthlessness of all orators, from Demosthenes and Cicero to Burke and Fox, from Burke and Fox to Gladstone and Bright. The Life of Froude Convinced of his own worthlessness, Tommy was sufficiently humble now, but Aaron Latta, nevertheless, marched to the square on the following market day and came back with the boy's sentence, Elspeth being happily absent. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood This is so; but their worthlessness arises from the weakness of the country in whose favour they are made. England's Case Against Home Rule "Nothing, but give her all the letters, and let her be at once satisfied of the worthlessness of him she loved." Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood "It is bad," he said to himself, "hopelessly bad," and he gloomily felt the strongest proof of its worthlessness was its popularity with the public. Different Girls Freeman failed to see that the point was not the modern name of Lexovia, but the number of persons put to death by Henry, on which Froude had shown the worthlessness of popular tradition. The Life of Froude Indeed, such a slight could have its justification in little short of utter worthlessness; and Mrs. James Mill was not only esteemed, but beloved, by a large circle of friends. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 God has slowly taught him his worthlessness and infamy, so that he may die despairing. The Devil's Garden His characteristics and actions make on our minds an impression of his general worthlessness. Certain Success Suddenly the sun came out brightly, and he found a partially dry bench, where he sat down to brood upon the utter worthlessness of things in general and the Luxembourg statuary in particular. Different Girls On a hill, a fourth of a mile beyond Old Oswego, stood the unfinished stockade called New Oswego, Fort George, or, by reason of its worthlessness, Fort Rascal. Montcalm and Wolfe The Fates retort on him by exclamations on the worthlessness of such a boon. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Even if our supposed merit were of the positive order, and we did every duty perfectly, the moment we began to pride ourselves upon the fact, we should drop into a hell of worthlessness. Hope of the Gospel The whole effect was mournful in the extreme, and gave you a sense of the weariness and the worthlessness of all human life such as the most eloquent ascetic could never succeed in imparting. Sketches in the House (1893) We can scarcely hope to hear the bulk of the music for the theatre, as has been remarked, because of the worthlessness of the plays to which it is attached. Purcell The sense of a life-task consummated, of the worthlessness of one's existence, if strongly realized, produced death as surely as poison or a rifle-bullet. Five Years of Theosophy Eucken believes that the Christian conception of mediation resulted from the feeling of worthlessness and impotence of man, and the aspirations which yet burned within him after union with the Divine. Rudolph Eucken : a philosophy of life More and more you will learn the worthlessness of boastful fashion, and the exceeding loveliness of truth. Homes and How to Make Them Lady Wentworth concurred heartily and proudly in her son's opinion of himself and encouraged his uselessness to a point where it became worthlessness. The Touchstone of Fortune The worthlessness of much of the criticism lavished on Tennyson by his coterie of adulating friends may be judged from the fact that Arthur Hallam wrote to Tennyson that this poem was 'mighty pleasant.' The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson The worthlessness, not to speak of the mischievousness, of such systems of morality is almost self-evident. Five Years of Theosophy One may admit at once the comparative worthlessness of the pamphlet as a contribution to criticism or critical theory. A Vindication of the Press One of them was a pistol-shot, which, missing the man for whom it was intended, struck a person called Baggs, and remarkable only for general worthlessness. Romance of California Life If he is worthless, paint his worthlessness, but do not merely comment on it. The Art of Letters If the "feelings" of 330 the good man were dissociated from his character, and stripped bare of all the significance they obtain therefrom, their worthlessness would become apparent. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher An 'election' the on important social act: Given the Man a People choose, the worth and worthlessness of the People itself is given. Past and Present He would say that the great acting was the result of the conditions, but not an inevitable result, and that whilst modesty of mounting may be a necessary condition, worthlessness of drama is not. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" A piece of timber which had no access whatever to water approximated worthlessness. Scattergood Baines Only you could contemplate imbuing these fossilized and commonplace intellects, composing our Congress of the Confederation—mark the ring of it!—with a belief in its own impotency and worthlessness. The Conqueror Then, with an apparent contradiction to what she had been thinking a few moments before regarding the worthlessness of life, she began to think that her unhappiness was possibly the result of her eccentric life. Evelyn Innes A quiet, amiable man was Calliope Catesby at other times—quiet to indolence, and amiable to worthlessness. Heart of the West [Annotated] Their practical result was that the consciousness of the shallowness and worthlessness of my aim in life became more vivid than ever. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle When you suspected her misery, you thought only of the tongues that would hiss at you, but not of the worthlessness of the snakes to which they belonged! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig If Mr. Mill's arguments to prove the worthlessness of Christianity are open to many objections, the reasons he offers for accepting his substitute, the Religion of Humanity, are utterly baseless and delusive. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 "Worse and worse," thought he, now fully assured of her worthlessness. 'Lena Rivers For many years after the war was over British strong boxes wasted space in accommodating these absurd documents, while the idea of their worthlessness was slowly filtering through the minds of their owners. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II "Your strong convictions of your worthlessness is alone a proof," she added, "of your accepted state." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 It is novelty only that can lend charms to things in themselves valueless; and when that wears off, the disenchanted baubles appear in all their native worthlessness. Marriage They remembered what he had once said to a district judge whom he heard bitterly inveighing against their ingratitude, immorality, shiftlessness, and general worthlessness. The Purple Heights Being raised by this generally good character to a proper confidence in himself, he claimed to be admitted into the senate; a thing intermitted for many years, on account of the worthlessness of former flamens. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 It was sharply cold under the posts and I was anxious to prove the worthlessness of his idea and be done. The House of a Thousand Candles They are entirely without evidence, and in no way shake my conclusions as to the utter worthlessness of such legends. The Italians The inner life thus triumphs over the outer world—indeed, so triumphs over it that the outer world itself is made to proclaim its victory, through which the sensuous appearance sinks into worthlessness. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Belial, properly a good-for-nothing, a child of worthlessness; an incarnation of iniquity and son of perdition, and the name in the Bible for the children of such. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge That in itself is a piece of insolence; and it isn't a wholesome frame of mind to dwell on one's worthlessness, and to speak of one's righteousness as filthy rags. Father Payne Prisoners had been taken in such abundance, that to show their worthlessness, they were publicly sold in the market-place at Algiers, at an onion a head. The Pirates Own Book All around the walls stood bookcases, filled with a large collection of books, the greater proportion of them of an age suggestive, to the inexperienced eye, of worthlessness, to the more discerning, of value. Strawberry Acres No less absurd are Blount's suggestions as to the general worthlessness of the island. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) As usual in a pot-pourri, it was far enough above worthlessness not to be ignored, but so far short of excellence as not to be admired. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. And so long as imposing worthlessness gets the visible marks of respect, while the disrespect felt for it is hidden, it naturally flourishes. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice The future must be left to work out its own miracle--to reveal her heart, and to prove the worthlessness of Le Gaire. Love under Fire For this he has considerable excuse in the worthlessness of the testimony on which the facts brought forward to invalidate the conclusions of theory usually rest. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy The mere statement of the facts is enough to show the intrinsic worthlessness of the titles. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 "I am fully aware of all that your reverend doctor tells you of the worthlessness of unregenerate doings; and so, when I see angels walking below, I try to secure 'a friend at court.'" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 And the worthlessness and the abjectness of earthly life struck him with awful and all-convincing power, and this vision of the worthlessness of existence was clearer than any previous vision. A Mere Accident Like empty bubbles, nothing could be done with them, and hence the breath of the Almighty burst and dispersed their glittering worthlessness. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little I want to kill my enemy by hypnotism; and as it only shows my own worthlessness, it is I who suffer by it. Without Dogma General Abbott showed most conclusive proof of the worthlessness of masonry forts in pictures showing the effect of the shots. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Commonness alone exempts it from scrutiny, and the success it has, is but the wages of its own worthlessness! The Grammar of English Grammars A clergyman of distinction gives this instance of the worthlessness of all attempts to flee from the Power of the Spirit. The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer Nearly nine tenths of the slaves he buys and sells are vicious ones sold for crimes and misdemeanors, or otherwise diseased ones sold because of their worthlessness as property. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime If you do not give her all that, you pervert her, estrange her by your worthlessness,—and she will leave you. Without Dogma Though his expeditions against them had been uniformly unsuccessful, he had taught Angria that the Company's trade could not be attacked with impunity, and his ill-success was entirely due to the worthlessness of his instruments. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago For what becomes of the teaching of grammar, when that which is received as the most excellent method, must be exempted from censure by reason of its utter worthlessness? The Grammar of English Grammars As he looked at it a feeling of the worthlessness of all that he owned swept over him, overwhelming him with despair. Round Anvil Rock A Romance The detective began by admitting the practical worthlessness of the evidence in hand against this formidable adversary, and he abandoned, for the moment, his purpose of proving that De Heidelmann-Bruck had killed Martinez. Through the Wall I suppose he laid all my worthlessness at Madrina's door too. The Bent Twig Fairly out of Chip's presence, she saw instantly and instinctively the worthlessness of that gold eagle, however genuine, compared with her sisterly love, in her mission to Frank. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 When Fairfax found out the worthlessness of his booty, would he not come back and search for the real treasure? Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes Surely you would be reconciled to me if you knew how ashamed I am of your worthlessness, which you yourself are not ashamed of. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 For riches are no proof whatever of moral worth; and their glitter often serves only to draw attention to the worthlessness of their possessor, as the light of the glowworm reveals the grub. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance They who believe their merit neglected and unappreciated, make up one class; they who receive adulation and flattery, knowing their own worthlessness, compose the other. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty And so idleness and worthlessness on the one hand and a pretence of coercion on the other became a despicable routine. Treatise on Parents and Children A great weariness, a weariness that cried the worthlessness of all things, had fallen upon her. Within the Law Let us speak rather of his meaner descriptions of worthlessness. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 |
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