| 单词 | narrow-mindedness |
| 例句 | We had lived for years with the narrow-mindedness of some of our elders, having accepted that no one is perfect, particularly those who’d come of age in a time of segregation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My dad’s narrow-mindedness only made me feel more connected to Maribel, though. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew as well as she did that they were making fun of his spats and he was filled with bitterness at the narrow-mindedness of Williamsburg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve always subscribed to the Mark Twain adage that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,” and I think the world needs travel now more than ever. The Deal Not Taken 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Beyond the default complaints of police brutality and media narrow-mindedness, he struggles, however, to explain why in the end so little was achieved. The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review 2013-03-30T14:00:01Z It was as if the character of Archie had been building a foundation of narrow-mindedness and self-contradiction specifically so that he could be sent reeling by Davis’s simple smooch. Critic?s Notebook: TV Kisses Lose Impact They Had in Sammy Davis Jr.?s Day 2012-02-11T00:40:50Z These stories are all satirical, making fun of Babbittry, small-town hypocrisy and narrow-mindedness, but the humor is mostly as fond as it is pointed, and the characters are never caricatures. The Eavesdropper’s Secret: On John O’Hara 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The poet’s frustrations rise as the one outlet for her art—anonymous publication in her local newspaper—dries up as well, through the cruel and vengeful narrow-mindedness of its editor. A Masterful Emily Dickinson Movie 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z They are laughing at hypocrisy, human frailty, narrow-mindedness. I'm a huge fan of Top Gear. But this time I've had enough 2011-02-05T21:30:00Z It wasn't just the deprivation that Reynolds mentions that guided my teenage choices; it was a certain militant narrow-mindedness. The tyranny of cultural choice is making my brain gasp 2012-10-28T20:00:13Z During the war, blinded by prejudice and narrow-mindedness, he placed little value on the military intelligence provided by former slaves who knew the area and attached themselves to his armies. Marching through Georgia 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z A caustic comedy about country and class, the play intends to skewer working-class narrow-mindedness and liberal condescension. Review: ‘Invincible’ Brings Class and Conflict to the Party 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z But outside, it's still the 30s – with prejudice and narrow-mindedness as deeply ingrained as the soot and the poverty, and Europe about to kick off big-time. Dancing on the Edge; The Year of Making Love – TV review 2013-02-05T07:00:11Z Second, as a professor of English, I am dismayed by the pedantry and narrow-mindedness of his teaching and his treatment of a dissenting student. Classic ‘Stoner’? Not so fast. 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Likewise, a theatre ecology that presents only local works rather than showing them alongside the very best of world drama simply endorses narrow-mindedness: we're the only people who matter; outsiders are not worth listening to. Vernacular spectacular: why theatre speaks louder with regional accents 2010-10-06T14:08:00Z The undefined, irresponsible idler with no evil intentions—indeed, hardly any intentions at all—moves through the gleamingly photographed city like a human litmus test, revealing sadness, narrow-mindedness, frustration, and petty cruelty at every turn. Movies 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Morgan hit back by accusing McGregor of narrow-mindedness and ideas above his station. Ewan McGregor snubs Good Morning Britain interview following Piers Morgan row 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z But the book, in its illustration of cultural narrow-mindedness, remains highly enjoyable reading. Bogus Populism and Bad Music 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It should glare out at us throughout all three acts, reminding us of narrow-mindedness and unspoken fear. | Connecticut: Isolation and Mortality by the Swimming Pool 2011-07-24T04:10:03Z Diana Rigg, no longer needed in “Game of Thrones,” joins the cast in high curmudgeon mode as a lady in waiting, a harrumphing embodiment of British propriety and narrow-mindedness. Review: One Vote for ‘Victoria’ Over ‘The Crown’ 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Dismissing the extinction of species as no big deal merely demonstrates human narrow-mindedness and ignorance about our impact on the world. Column: Humans have driven 21 more species to extinction. Here's why we should care 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Ms Davis said: "It's very disappointing this has been spoilt for the sake of someone's narrow-mindedness." Outrage as Pride postbox topper stolen from outside post office 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “It was a term that he associated with narrow-mindedness, with a certain provincialism,” Dr. Brunsman said. George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z But I hope that people understand that we have — with our blinders — missed many classic plays that have been written amongst these 70 years that probably never got an opportunity because of our narrow-mindedness. Wendell Pierce on the role of a lifetime in ‘Death of a Salesman’ 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z An outspoken political artist, Levit spoke of his devotion to the struggle against prejudice and what he described as national narrow-mindedness. Thomas Mann's magic piano, heart of 1940s L.A. intellectual life, comes home 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Along the way, he meets with narrow-mindedness and rejection by potential partners unable to accept, or see beyond, his disability. New one-man play aims to dispel myths about the sexuality of people with disabilities 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z They are the opposite of European integration and human solidarity – they are steeped in stupid arrogance, narrow-mindedness and egoism and belong in the emotional dustbin! Planet virus: seven novelists from around the world on living with the pandemic 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z I tell myself that it’s better for the environment, that parochialism is narrow-mindedness, not a lack of foreign travel, and that the landscapes I like best are the ones I can get to by train. Overcoming fears, discovering nature ... what I have learned from lockdown 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Merkel also invoked the negative effect of "walls" and how they represent "ignorance and narrow-mindedness." Merkel uses Harvard commencement speech to swipe at Trump 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z A lot of times when we see narrow-mindedness, when we see racism, when we see xenophobia, these are people who are not well read.” Roxane Gay: ‘Public discourse rarely allows for nuance. And see where that’s gotten us’ 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z When Sakharov wrote about totalitarian leaders, he accused them of a “combination of crime, narrow-mindedness and short-sightedness.” Fifty Years Later, Andrei Sakharov’s Seminal Essay Is a Powerful Model of Writing for Social Change 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Right now, in the face of America’s reactionary narrow-mindedness, the work’s insistent cross-cultural heterogeneity feels joyfully subversive. 'Made in L.A. 2018': Why the Hammer biennial is the right show for disturbing times 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Leveraging uncertainty involves rejecting rigidity, rejecting intellectual arrogance and rejecting narrow-mindedness. Let’s use our collective uncertainty to foster bipartisanship 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z What’s as impressive as their ability to think on their feet is their tackling two problems as serious as anything America has faced in a long time: narrow-mindedness and truth. Editorials from around Oregon 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z He didn’t mention his troubles in the speech, instead focusing on narrow-mindedness on both sides of the political spectrum. From Trump to Oprah, speakers offer parting advice to grads 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Consider the meaning of thinking about these acts and traits in combination: crime, narrow-mindedness, and short-sightedness go together and become one another. Fifty Years Later, Andrei Sakharov’s Seminal Essay Is a Powerful Model of Writing for Social Change 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z His ignorance and hatred of a religion of many millions in the United States, and more than a billion in the world, speaks volumes of his ignorance and narrow-mindedness. Khizr Khan, Gold Star Father, on the New Refugee Ban 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z It took her 24 hours to shrug it off as the narrow-mindedness of people who “weren’t readers, or not MY readers”. Meg Rosoff: 'It took 12 years for the hate to compost down into comedy’ 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z “This is not a matter of narrow-mindedness; we respect our tradition.” Italy’s Famed Palio Horsemen Decline Royal Invitation 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He told Interfax: “The results released today just show London’s anti-Russian position once again; the narrow-mindedness and lack of desire among the British to find the real reason for the death of Litvinenko.” Widow of Litvinenko calls for further sanctions against Russia 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The results released today just show London’s anti-Russian position once again; the narrow-mindedness and lack of desire among the British to find the real reason for the death of Litvinenko. Litvinenko 'probably murdered on personal orders of Putin' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z It was as much an assault on the corniness and narrow-mindedness of rock as punk. Grace Jones – 10 of the best 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z How is it distinguished from narrow-mindedness or religious dogmatism? Schools put on front line against extremism - BBC News 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “The intolerant left’s destructive personal intrusions and narrow-mindedness applied to their chosen targets are bad enough, but their double standards are beyond the pale,” Mrs. Palin wrote on Facebook. Sarah Palin calls Lena Dunham a ‘pedophile,’ attacks media as ‘disgusting hypocrites’ 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z This is, to my thinking, the most important lesson: the narrow-mindedness of so many, not just in the analytical community, but in the industry. Lessons In Oil Price Forecasting 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The party's policies reflect a gross narrow-mindedness that almost everyone but conservative whites find repugnant. Why a Ruling for Same-Sex Marriage Would Help Republicans 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Plant an extra row for the bugs, or one for the gophers, or one for the drought, sure — but an extra row for narrow-mindedness? Eat the crooked carrot, save the world 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z “Politicians who insist on inculcating such narrow-mindedness into their educational system are damaging their own students,” he wrote. Oklahoma Republicans Vote to Eliminate Funds for AP U.S. History Course 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The Jewish state also is a progressive giant, both economically and socially, in a Middle East that is riddled with ancient sectarian violence and narrow-mindedness. Louisiana editorial roundup 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z He predicts the product will become available despite the current “narrow-mindedness of regulators.” Ten Expert Economists' Wild Guesses About the World of 2114 2014-03-11T16:51:41Z This is the Labour Party once again revealing their own narrow-mindedness. Hain in UKIP 'bigotry' warning 2013-09-23T19:25:10Z "Conservative incompetence meets Conservative narrow-mindedness," said New Democrat science and technology critic Kennedy Stewart in a statement. Canada to Convert NRC Into 'Toolbox' for Industry 2013-05-07T22:55:00Z As with many fundamentalist religions, the narrow-mindedness of the Church is cloaked in layers of sanctimoniousness self-righteousness. Growth: Markets, broad and deep 2012-11-19T20:56:27Z Society's narrow-mindedness failed Turing - we must not fail today's students with limited school curricula. The lessons from Turing's death 2012-06-22T23:01:24Z Mean-spiritedness and narrow-mindedness are almost invariably prominent traits of the man who has been prepared to know nothing outside of his business even though that may be a big business. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z He felt himself convicted of narrow-mindedness, of retrogression, of fogyism, and by way of disproving the charge he put up a defence that was disguised in the form of an attack. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Cecil was positively appalled at the obstinacy and narrow-mindedness of the poor squireen, who could think of nothing at all in the whole world but his own ridiculous antiquated windows. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z It shall make an end of bigotry and narrow-mindedness for ever. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z This episode in his private life was the cause of much of the narrow-mindedness of his preaching. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z The moment it came to India, she shared her aunt's deplorable narrow-mindedness and propensity to make a virtue of her intolerance. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z For what do men now call bigotry and narrow-mindedness? The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z She seemed at once to have lost what she did not hesitate to call her narrow-mindedness. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z In any case, I would urge you to continue to make other's lives happy, and not allow the narrow-mindedness of some and the unkindness of others to cast bitterness into your own life. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z Her attack on Ragni that time----of course there was more than dogmatical narrow-mindedness in it--it was jealousy! In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Whereupon my father reproved his old servant for narrow-mindedness and evil thinking, but Saunders held his own. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z It will be called bigotry, narrow-mindedness, intolerance, and the like. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Because of the narrow-mindedness of one single man. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z In the second place, the number of people who profess to believe a creed is no proof of its truth, but only of the ignorance and narrow-mindedness of those professing such belief. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z You do not know the arrogance, the ignorance, the narrow-mindedness of the military caste. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z “Otherwise European countries and brands will become victims of their own narrow-mindedness as Russian capital finds new, more progressive markets.” A Year After G.M. Unloaded It, Saab Is in Trouble Again 2011-04-07T19:20:36Z It is very plain that he knew little and cared less about the thoughts of men on the question of narrow-mindedness. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z The conduct of the archbishop against the poor fool is not the least item of the evidence which convicts him of a certain narrow-mindedness and pettiness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z For ten long years I have endured the annoyance of your coarseness and narrow-mindedness. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z She was characterized to an extreme degree by the obdurate narrow-mindedness which sneers conceitedly at everything unlike itself, and absolutely refuses to learn. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z But so also were spiritual pride, narrow-mindedness, fanaticism, gloom, and pharisaical self-righteousness. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z And perhaps there are few things harder, for some of us at least, to bear than to be reproached on the ground of narrow-mindedness and bigotry. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Tyler McIntyre: Education is a key aspect in understanding how the world works—understanding things that can broaden your horizons and discourage the narrow-mindedness of an entrepreneur. Should You Drop Out? 2011-02-28T17:05:00Z And what narrow-mindedness lies in this wilful possession, which feels hatred and enmity towards everything, and lays claim to the same right! Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z My dear Marcia," he protested, "surely, with your remarkable intelligence, you can see that such persistence is merely a form of narrow-mindedness. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Not a word about what Mrs. Wesden had been thinking about—such is man's selfishness and narrow-mindedness. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z You get into little cliques, and mistake narrow-mindedness for fidelity to an ideal. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z The Governor from the first insisted that Mr. Balcombe always acted in the interest of Napoleon, and hence, as he viewed it in his narrow-mindedness, against the interests of the English Government. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Jealousy--that fruit of an odious narrow-mindedness, this inculcated social vice, which must always be alien to every natural emotion! Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Much of the narrow-mindedness remains; but, unhappily, when liberality does begin to show itself in these sects, it is apt to take the character of latitudinarianism. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z "Old prejudices and narrow-mindedness will increasingly be things of the past." In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past 2010-03-10T13:45:00Z When she sees evidence online of what she regards as narrow-mindedness, she skips right to the next profile. 2010-02-12T21:50:00Z He acted as if he thought it his duty to shut himself up, in order that public opinion might be turned against the narrow-mindedness of the Governor. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z The stories laugh good-naturedly at narrow-mindedness and silly prejudice, an evil that Sudermann wisely recognises as existing everywhere, in the big city as in the small village. The Wish A Novel This very narrow-mindedness of the cautious General with respect to military forms, which alone made the struggle possible, may perhaps be reckoned as one of his greatest qualities. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. He felt with thousands an eager desire for an object of life which would exalt and animate him, and again he found himself surrounded and shackled by narrow-mindedness and by provincial and local exclusiveness. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Every word of praise for Blodgett reached George as a direct charge of disloyalty, of bad judgment, of narrow-mindedness. The Guarded Heights "And you approved of this narrow-mindedness of the ultramontane?" cried Frank. The Progressionists, and Angela. They should serve as a warning to us against dogmatic narrow-mindedness in moral matters. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The ladies and gentlemen in the breakfast-room could not understand where the poetry lay, for to them, it seemed narrow-mindedness. On the Heights A Novel Thus did I vacillate betwixt good and evil influences,—now yielding, now resisting,—but always gaining some little advantage over selfishness and narrow-mindedness, by the training of that best of teachers,—adversity. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Could it indeed be true, that while she was complacently denouncing the narrow-mindedness of her neighbours, the infection had touched herself? An Unknown Lover But how many are there who consider every warning in this connection an exhibition of prejudice or narrow-mindedness! The Progressionists, and Angela. I pity narrow-mindedness, and dislike to see a people refusing to advance, when all the world is so sympathetic and helpfully inclined towards them. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal To great minds like yourself, morality is narrow-mindedness. On the Heights A Novel They stood under the curse of narrow-mindedness and one-sidedness both in politics and in art, so that their smooth-running verses neither sought nor found a response even in the hearts of their own fellow-countrymen. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) But back of that accident had been her morbid conscience and Ted's narrow-mindedness; and together they had translated it into a crime. The Torch Bearer Stultifying confessionalism and religious narrow-mindedness have no doubt cast a deep shadow over the 'angel.' The Progressionists, and Angela. Spencer H. Cone was a very remarkable man, and from a perusal of his life, we are convinced that selfishness and narrow-mindedness had no place in his nature. The History and Records of the Elephant Club To the same year belongs her "Michael Armstrong," in which her Ishmael hand fell heavily on the narrow-mindedness of the manufacturing class—anticipating, in some degree, Dickens's "Hard Times." Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century But then, on the other side, who will not admit that indolence, false views of life, narrow-mindedness, hypocrisy, and secret and impure practices found a home in a multitude of these establishments? The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Her morbid conscience and Ted's selfish narrow-mindedness had wrought together for the frustration of her gift, of her happiness. The Torch Bearer Above all, let us have no narrow-mindedness, no scrupulosity, I beg of you. The Progressionists, and Angela. Since then the Puritan element has on every occasion displayed its narrow-mindedness and its hatred of patriotism and of everything beautiful and joyous. General Bramble The vulgarity and narrow-mindedness of this last paragraph filled me with indignation and lxiii contempt. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir They are narrow-minded, but their narrow-mindedness is relieved by intensity of purpose. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The blood spilt because of the narrow-mindedness of the leaders, that blood will cry to heaven, whatever be the absolution granted by the rhetors and by the small church. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Bigotry and narrow-mindedness in literature and religion are almost always the result of ignorance. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Fremont establishes an absurd rule concerning the breach of military discipline, and shows by it his ignorance and narrow-mindedness. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Mr. Egerton preached a very clever and caustic sermon that Sabbath upon narrow-mindedness, and Duncan Polite's face was drawn with pain as he listened. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro So many young men believe that—and, alas! so many fail on account of either indolence, or of narrow-mindedness. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London To believe in the superiority of the British became vulgar, a proof of narrow-mindedness. The Message You are then determined to remain in that state of narrow-mindedness, believing in all this nonsense. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story If it is not direct, naked treason which prevails among the nurses, and the various advisers of the people, imbecility, narrow-mindedness, do the same work. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 And those who did not take bribes, like the High Court officials, were stiff and proud, and shook hands with two fingers, and were distinguished by their indifference and narrow-mindedness. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories And the worst of it was, nothing but some imminent danger was ever likely to convince them, such were their prejudice and narrow-mindedness. The Talking Horse And Other Tales Usually, the official was a pig-headed idiot, whose blunders and narrow-mindedness served as admirable whetstones for the preternaturally sharp intelligence of an amateur investigator of crime. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley These poor women do not aspire to Johnsonian wisdom, and their ignorance may serve as an excuse for their narrow-mindedness; but the wondrous Johnson to rave and bellow like any Billingsgate nymph! A Confederate Girl's Diary Adams has shown in the last Congress his scholarly, classical narrow-mindedness. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 There are, of course, also exhibitions of narrow-mindedness. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship The narrow-mindedness and harshness of Sir James Craig's administration had caused serious agitation and differences in Lower Canada, which Sir George Prevost, by his impartiality and kindness, soon succeeded in allaying and reconciling. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Call your narrow-mindedness and gross deficiencies in Christian liberality, nothing more than a natural love of your children, and an earnest desire to provide for your own household. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual Her attitude of certainty and conviction in the doctrines which she championed was branded and denounced as "intolerance," "bigotry," "narrow-mindedness," "exclusiveness," "aloofness," "pride," "Pharisaism," etc. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) How well Hadassah and her husband could afford to forget the narrow-mindedness and the conceit of it all! There was a King in Egypt He took for his wife a widow who plagued him by her narrow-mindedness, her bitterness, and her jealousy. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II The narrow-mindedness and obstinacy inherent in her family—for no Burghersh was ever known to see more than one side of any thing—was softened and modified in him into firmness and fidelity. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Distaste of the narrow-mindedness, the coarseness and intemperance which he knew to prevail there, were summed up, within him, in a general condemnatory judgement of the Dutch character. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation Forgive my narrow-mindedness, but I'd rather have it so than have all races mixed up together, and perhaps they'd rather have it so themselves! Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales So you look at it and toy with the next course on the chance of flying quickly through this detestable state of narrow-mindedness and broad absurdity. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 Part of the bitter narrow-mindedness which has characterized the history of ecclesiastical institutions is not to be attributed specifically to religion. Human Traits and their Social Significance If this be narrow-mindedness, then he was narrow-minded. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time And it is not the least of his merits that, in an age of bigotry and narrow-mindedness, he was not intolerant towards those whose religious views happened to differ from his own. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees He hated the bigotry and narrow-mindedness which forbade the study of any subject but the time-honored Talmud. Rabbi and Priest A Story But it was only his conscientious narrow-mindedness which made him say it. Rembrandt On January 29, 1841, Henry A. Wise uttered "a motley compound of eloquence and folly, of braggart impudence and childish vanity, of self-laudation and Virginian narrow-mindedness." John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series The radical defects of its initial steps were narrow-mindedness and fanaticism. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology She had been fain to gratify some of his wishes; but see if they would not destroy them both, mother and son, by their stupid narrow-mindedness and obstinacy. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Yet no one who has ever visited the Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor on October 13th, the festival of his translation, can accuse the Abbey authorities of bigotry or narrow-mindedness. Masques & Phases An insurmountable obstacle is thus thrown in the way of foreign enterprise, by the narrow-mindedness of the people. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels This whole intolerable fallacy of outgrown and hard-shelled narrow-mindedness was spurring him to outbreak, yet for a moment more he held himself in check. Destiny These memorials were drawn by men whom he considered were hypocrites, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves for their narrow-mindedness. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs These were not the ideals of my girlhood, but Anthony and Nancy felt that such small vices as they cultivated saved them from the narrow-mindedness of their forebears. The Gay Cockade Crapelet, at Paris: a press, as eminently distinguished for its beauty and accuracy, as its Director has proved himself to be for his narrow-mindedness and acrimony of feeling. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One Is the summing up of the Play a victory of love and intelligence over hate and narrow-mindedness? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Then he had been impressed in Hardie's favor; the man was in earnest, ready to court popular hostility, but he was nevertheless genial and free from dogmatic narrow-mindedness. Ranching for Sylvia That these inhabitants were so thoroughly free from narrow-mindedness was without doubt due to a variety of causes, but chiefly, perhaps, to the fact that the whole population was of a pronounced international character. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Against these attributes their pig-headedness, narrow-mindedness, laziness, and slovenliness had to be admitted. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time The other need not be specified; but hers arose from the most pleasant and most human form of narrow-mindedness. The Necromancers I was desolate and, as you told me cheerfully in one of the letters to the Great Unknown, 'full of ignorances and narrow-mindedness.' Katrine Whether those acts of his are to be ascribed to magnanimity or narrow-mindedness the reader must decide for himself. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II In almost all of his prose writing he attacks some form of 'Philistinism,' by which word he characterized the narrow-mindedness and self-satisfaction of the British middle class. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems A further bad habit, harmful to our economic development, is narrow-mindedness. War-Time Financial Problems You get into little cliques and mistaken narrow-mindedness for fidelity to an ideal. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The narrow-mindedness of them answered these questionings in the negative. Katrine If you can't even imagine such things as prejudice, narrow-mindedness, envy, hatred, and malice, your ignorance is bliss, and you had better remain in it. Marriage The Liberal Social Union soon knew me no more, but in the wider field of work open before me, the narrow-mindedness of this petty clique troubled me not at all. Annie Besant An Autobiography Censures the conceited pride and narrow-mindedness of rakes and libertines. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 And that characterless capability becomes the most in tense narrow-mindedness. The Rise of Silas Lapham On the stage, we call every opinion contrary to our own prejudice or narrow-mindedness. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Being, unfortunately, a friend of Phrenology, as well as a heretic, I drew no very auspicious augury from these developments; and looking into their faces, the physiognomical traits were narrow-mindedness, bigotry, or cunning. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 If so, it is the only unspiritual passage in the whole beautiful allegory, the only trait of sectarian narrow-mindedness, and, in Bunyan's own language, of legality. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Rather pathetically earnest and unimaginative little lasses, Jurgen found the young Eumenidês: they inherited much of their mother's narrow-mindedness, if not their father's brooding and gloomy tendencies; but in them narrow-mindedness showed merely as amusing. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice The latter was again taken up with grand plans, and when this was the case he always felt very superior, and in an especially bad humor with Paul, whom he despised for his narrow-mindedness. Dame Care His vehemence and narrow-mindedness did not prevent his having a proper sense of justice and very generous feelings. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House She was used to his conceit, his selfishness, his meanness and smallness in suspicion, his arrogance, his narrow-mindedness. The Great God Success He spoke of the difficulties of provincial life, of the mediocrity of the people, the narrow-mindedness, and of his own isolation. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Keep out folly, low desires, sordid ambitions, uncultivated tastes, narrow-mindedness, envy, strife, wastefulness, inordinate pleasures, and every evil thing that comes from an empty, ignorant mind. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World He criticises the ignorance and narrow-mindedness of the Rabbis, and scourges the shabby vanity of the communal representatives. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) The resentment of her narrow-mindedness, the shame for her ignorance passed; the sense of her devotion remained. The Minister's Charge When she was left alone Madame Darbois reflected sadly upon the narrow-mindedness of her fellow creatures. The Idol of Paris Tired of odious spying; tired of your unwholesome curiosity; tired of your useless narrow-mindedness. The Grip of Desire In spite of the narrow-mindedness he had encountered in the learned men of Salamanca, he started off, full of hope, to talk to the same sort of learned men of Sevilla. Christopher Columbus He had, therefore, a certain popularity, notwithstanding his narrow-mindedness, obstinacy, and arrogance. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 You cannot introduce any restrictive or prohibitive measure without developing fanatical conceit, narrow-mindedness, and intolerance, both in those who welcome the measure and in those who seek to ignore and even to defy its rulings. Nonsenseorship When one sees rank bigotry and narrow-mindedness on every hand, he feels like blushing that he ever sent money to convert the heathen in far-away lands. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory We are apt now to dwell on the narrow-mindedness, the unseemliness, of those bickerings of the two sects over the one doctrine on which they differed. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 Those who had misunderstood her and criticized her in the beginning, mourned her deeply, sincerely, earnestly in the end, for she had triumphed over prejudice, narrow-mindedness, and a certain form of malice. Quill's Window Disgusted with his father-in-law's narrow-mindedness, as he called it, Fenwick attempted to make the desired change on the strength of his own credit. Finger Posts on the Way of Life Other possibilities had been in him, possibilities sacrificed, one by one, to Zeena's narrow-mindedness and ignorance. Ethan Frome "Well, you see what a difficulty your narrow-mindedness has brought you into." The Untilled Field On every side of you I see the stupidity, the narrow-mindedness, the vulgarity, and the empty vanity of jealous courtiers, who are only too sadly justified in envying the success of genius. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 What narrow-mindedness," thought he, "for a man of such intelligence! The Widow Lerouge When articles by these opponents to suffrage appeared, the argument of youth hardly held good; and the attacks of the suffragists were quickly shifted to the ground of "narrow-mindedness and old-fashioned fogyism." The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after A great deal of what passes by the name of patriotism in these days consists of the merest bigotry and narrow-mindedness; exhibiting itself in national prejudice, national conceit, amid national hatred. Character There is nothing, I conceive, of narrow-mindedness in this patriotism. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 Mademoiselle de Fontaine, a prey to the most violent struggle that can torture the heart of a young girl, reaped the richest harvest of anguish that prejudice and narrow-mindedness ever sowed in a human soul. The Ball at Sceaux |
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