| 单词 | self-assertion |
| 例句 | At times shaking my head no is more self-assertion than I can manage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse yet, that my self-assertion may have silenced or marginalized other voices, as I saw happen with my students. White bro reading: Yes, I’m reading men and women equally — but they’re still mostly white 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z His Travis is one of the great self-destructive personalities of the modern cinema: capable of monumental acts of both self-annihilation and yet self-assertion. Accommodating Harry Dean Stanton's unique character-player starpower was not easy 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z So, self-assertion and self-gratification win approval rather than disdain. Please Give warns the well-off they can never be good 2010-06-21T10:44:00Z Hamlet's answer is the perfect self-assertion of the sovereign reader: "Words, words, words." A million reasons to celebrate the pleasures of reading 2011-03-06T00:15:29Z He battles any doubts with self-assertion and defiance, as his raps often toggle into doubletime to insist on his virtuosity. ArtsBeat: Bonnaroo: Kendrick Lamar and Rappers With Vocal Bite 2012-06-08T17:28:53Z Some autobiographies double as acts of self-assertion, opportunities for the author not only to express her side of the story but also to display forgiveness, resilience, strength. “Small Fry,” Reviewed: Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s Mesmerizing, Discomfiting Memoir 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z It also offers a kind of counterbalancing self-assertion that is necessary in the face of hostility and prejudice: as Lady Gaga sings: "In the religion of the insecure/ I must be myself." Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z The film is a raging act of self-assertion that’s also an act of renunciation, even of self-abnegation; it’s a work of the swooniest romanticism that observes its own passion with a circumspect skepticism. Jacques Rivette’s Thirteen-Hour Experimental Film 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Her songs grapple with desire, insecurity, betrayal and self-assertion, learning from every bruised emotion. The 28 Best Albums of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Alternating between agreement and self-assertion, her “Tuning Meditation” offers a practice for reconciling interpersonal consonance with individual difference. Join a Musical Meditation Bringing Together Hundreds Worldwide 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Glamour can represent self-assertion, sexual confidence, playfulness, pleasure and delight. Glamour versus feminism? Just look at the images in the media we all adore 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z They steep mischief and self-assertion — both sexual and cultural — in solutions of tender pathos. Perspective | Dawoud Bey, Jasper Johns and ‘Automania’ are among the many compelling reasons to visit museums this summer 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The prominence of movies that subordinated the story to the director’s inventions was due, above all, to the bare fact of directorial self-assertion. Saul Bellow, Film Critic 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The tales boil down to the problem of balancing empathy with self-assertion—of both practicing kindness and expressing your own needs, and all while the people around you are behaving like wraiths or aliens. The Chills and Moods of Yukiko Motoya’s Quietly Radical Stories 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z His father’s virtuous modesty hasn’t brought success in the face of prejudice; Freddie’s bold self-assertion is meant to do so. In “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Freddie Mercury Is More Interesting Than His Music 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Luisi showed a flash of either self-assertion or wounded pride in Dresden. On Deck,The Met?s Pinch-Hitter 2011-04-21T13:39:32Z The show’s ultimate expression of self-assertion was an exhilarating version of Sondheim’s “Everybody Says Don’t” that Ms. Salonga delivered as a burst of pure defiance. Music Review: Starting With Perkiness, Then Leaping Beyond It 2011-06-15T22:01:23Z Rather, it is shot through with cosmopolitanism, revealing countless forms of hybrid beauty, blended belief and convoluted self-assertion. Review | ‘Peacock in the Desert’ offers a rare look at Indian art and a royal court 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z His song “Freedom ’90,” from his 1990 album “Listen Without Prejudice,” when you hear it now, is a marvel of self-assertion, self-critical but joyous. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z He knows that “the shapes in the painting were unique element in unique situations .... organisms with volition and a desire for self-assertion.” Percival Everett's 'So Much Blue' takes on art and secrets — and he doesn’t have the broad audience his writing deserves 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z For all Minnie’s cavalierly independent self-assertion, for all her apparently brave and admirable indifference to the way that her behavior is perceived, the movie itself is utterly disingenuous about Minnie’s ingenuous bravado. Generic Teen Spirit 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z But when Ms. Linney finally speaks the words of the title, just before the play ends, it is a triumph of self-assertion — gentle but glorious, and unconditionally earned. How She Survives: Strategies for Women on London Stages 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z They assign them the negative qualities of capitalism – materialism and cutthroat competitiveness – while downplaying Asians’ self-assertion and individuality, which are qualities valued by Western societies. How Korean boy band BTS toppled Asian stereotypes — and took America by storm 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Those tracks backed lyrics that slung references to international strife and terrorism as well as self-assertion. Critics? Choice: CDs by M.I.A. and Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse 2010-07-11T22:31:00Z Art is her means of self-assertion and self-defense. Review: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ on Netflix Is a Bold Reboot From Spike Lee 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Sadly, he scarcely acknowledges that the self-assertion of African-Americans defined his public life. The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Rebelling and fitting in are not quite incompatible in this film’s view, but rather part of the endless tension between self-assertion and social harmony. | 'I Was Born, but...': Yasujiro Ozu?s Silent Tale of New Kids on the Block 2010-06-24T23:03:00Z Which is appropriate since the show is partly about the exploration of the cosmos as an instrument of self-assertion and liberation. ‘The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker’ Review: An Unwieldy Ride 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Sputtering and high-strung, April tiptoes up to the edge of self-assertion, and then falls backward into a familiar pit of shame, self-doubt and frustration. ‘Little’ Review: Too Much Caution and Not Enough Regina Hall 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The self-assertion elsewhere is fun, but only this moment of self-exposure is transcendent. Merrie Hell – review 2012-12-13T18:15:57Z Young ladies were not supposed to draw attention to themselves, and what was glamour about if not self-assertion? Glamour versus feminism? Just look at the images in the media we all adore 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z Once settled in, the women engage in small acts of self-assertion. Movie Review | 'Mid-August Lunch': Gianni Di Gregorio?s Film Studies the Glow of Old Age 2010-03-16T22:31:00Z I found the sloganeering and "erotic" dancing a bit wearing as the show entered its fourth hour, but there are moments when Arcade deploys a comic poise to match the thundering self-assertion. Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! – review 2012-07-04T17:07:34Z But she also ties it in to the female self-assertion of the rest of her catalog: “I won’t stay quiet,” she sings, her voice swelling, “ ’Cause staying silent’s the same as dying.” The Playlist: Vampire Weekend’s Plucky Return, and 15 More New Songs 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z In his later life Gauguin seems to have felt less inclination, or need, for the self-questioning and self-assertion of the self-portrait. Gauguin: Into the mystic 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z But with her 2018 album, “Clean,” she found new self-assertion and assembled a working band, which provided some musical and emotional armor in a mini-set concentrating on her rockers. South by Southwest Music Festival: 17 Acts That Stood Out 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z He puts his face, his body, his voice, his own life into his film as an existential act of self-assertion against his effacement by the regime. Jafar Panahi’s Remarkable “Taxi” 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z This stark reality is made painfully real in the flashes of regret that cross Ali’s face and in the occasional bursts of defiant self-assertion that Fetchit, to his credit, doesn’t always walk back. Review: A powerfully acted play examines Muhammad Ali and Stepin Fetchit's unlikely friendship 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Some might say now is actually the season for self-assertion and creation of personal truths. Why America needs the Black church for its own survival 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Some autobiographies double as acts of self-assertion, opportunities for the author not only to express her side of the story but also to display forgiveness, resilience, strength,” read a New Yorker review of the book. Father’s Day is Sunday. Here are 4 books about father-children relationships 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Surely one reason that art subsequently became so much about self-assertion and identity was in response to what had for so long been a white monopoly on the culture. The Photographer Capturing Unvarnished Truths 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z With this film, Bustamante creates a Llorona full of self-assertion and intent, an indigenous woman assuredly facing the source of her pain. Review: 'La Llorona' smartly reimagines a folk legend as political horror story 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z America needs to recognize that freedom isn’t simply maximal individual self-assertion. The American right is pushing 'freedom over fear'. It won't stop the virus | Jan-Werner Müller 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z When Rana Ayyub began considering a career in journalism, she showed some of the same pugnacious self-assertion. Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “Southern households were not monolithically patriarchal,” Jones-Rogers contends, highlighting the grim savvy and self-assertion white women showed in acting as petitioners, litigants and entrepreneurs in pursuit of property and profit. Review | White women’s long-overlooked complicity in the brutality of slaveholding 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Today, the process is no less overt, with art and monumental architecture heavily involved in national self-assertion. Leonardo was a man of the Renaissance, not narrow nationhood | Tristram Hunt 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Yet these episodes of collective self-assertion are invariably fleeting, and often provoke a political backlash in turn. Could populism actually be good for democracy? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z His confrontation with the brutal slave-breaker Covey is still a model of “manhood,” of self-assertion in defiance of death. The Prophetic Pragmatism of Frederick Douglass 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The early results of this encounter suggest the innovations and dissonances that still characterize Japanese attempts to fashion a “Japanese” architecture, well into the country’s current moment of national self-assertion and anxiety. How Le Corbusier Became Big in Japan 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Seierstad draws on chat logs in which the girls and their brother argue, in breezy Internet lingo, about religion and rationalism, filial duty and self-assertion. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z For everyone following Hollywood lately, it's likely no coincidence that "Roxanne's" themes of self-assertion are ringing true. With Netflix's 'Roxanne Roxanne,' the story of hip-hop pioneer Roxanne Shanté is finally told 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Today the battle is regarded as a historical moment of self-assertion by members of the community. Commemoration of British military victory sparks riots in India 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Thea’s “fierce, stubborn self-assertion” that “will stand its ground” is part of that life force, as Cather turns gender expectations on their head, and sends Thea out to conquer the world. The book that made me a feminist 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z The prime catalyst of this global movement of self-assertion is, obviously, President Trump. Opinion | What happens when the whole world becomes selfish 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z She took a radical pleasure in self-assertion, but she asserted herself against radicalism. The Feuds of Diana Trilling 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Decades after Davis pulled on a doll’s dress, grotesquerie has been key to modern female comedy, as self-assertion, not self-loathing. “Feud”: A Bittersweet Beauty 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z To be a soldier is to receive training in weapons, in organizations, in tactics: the skills of self-assertion. The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z From the South China Sea to the Crimea, self-assertion is now the fashion, not the painstaking cooperation of the flawed but prosperous post-1945 era. The post-Brexit landscape: who can keep it all from falling apart? 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Like her sexual self-assertion, Eisenman’s stylistic genres are means to the end of sustaining her confidence as an artist. Art’s One-Woman Insurgency 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The aim, he once explained, was a “vital self-assertion in a world in which nothing but the self remains, if that remains.” The Thrilling Mind of Wallace Stevens 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But the only way you could be sure that you would never find yourself a target would be to avoid not just feminism but any act of strident self-assertion. Passwords, phones and privacy settings: how to protect yourself online 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z For most of the last century, progressives of various sorts were always convinced that nationalist self-assertion could be magically transmuted into progressivism. Roots and Rot: Dodging the Blame for Donald Trump 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The coup de grâce was delivered by Mailer himself, who, in Partisan Review, the holy grail of the New York intellectuals, called it “a blunder of self-assertion, self-exposure, and self-denigration.” Why Leftists Go Right 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Wearing a green sequinned jacket and purple skirt, she opened her set with Welcome to New York, a trademark anthem of emphatic self-assertion. Taylor Swift and friends leave their mark on Hyde Park - BBC News 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The solitude this implies is enormous, not to mention the need for self-assertion. Anders Breivik’s Inexplicable Crime 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Heroic self-assertion turns into infantilization and the victimization of the very project of self-assertion. Putin’s Russia Is in the Grip of Fascism 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z "There's Putin's cult of the body, the lofty rhetoric of self-assertion, the denigration of his opponents as degenerates, his contempt for democracy and Western parliamentarianism, his exaggerated nationalism," he writes. Is virtual reality an addictive drug? 2014-05-05T15:00:48Z But to describe them as "nationalist" is to reduce the concept of nationalism to a politics of aggressive self-assertion. The Case for Nationalism 2014-03-23T04:32:13Z If the result withstands Odinga’s challenge, a win for Kenyatta would represent the most stunning articulation to date of a renewed mood of self-assertion in Africa. Kenya's Election: What Uhuru Kenyatta's Victory Means for Africa 2013-03-09T17:20:27Z Now, a considerable measure of pride, or self-assertion, is an invariable characteristic of free communities. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Finally, if any further defense was necessary, he was an Englishman among a crowd of Americans; the conditions demanded a good deal of competitive self-assertion. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z But what ineffective self-assertion it had all been! Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Still, it is seldom a girl is unaware of admiration, and rare that she does not in secret respect self-assertion in the male creature. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z He tried to imagine some seemly social occasion invaded by Chitterlow and his rhetoric, by his torrential thunder of self-assertion, the whole company flattened thereunder like wheat under a hurricane. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Courage, self-assertion, magnanimity, and, above all, patriotism, were the leading features of the ideal type; and chastity, modesty, and charity, the gentler and the domestic virtues, which are especially feminine, were greatly undervalued. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z If the impulse to self-preservation, self-assertion, and self-development were evil, then our essential nature would be evil, and Ethics would be impossible. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z His “temperance” or “self-restraint,” if it be far from breathing any suggestion of self-suppression or self-assertion, is still farther from any suspicion of asceticism, or war against the flesh. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Such self-assertion early culminated in the protest of Richard Allen, the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z Miss Manvers was a trifle below the medium height, a piquant brunette, plump, shapely, a trifle haughty, and inclined to self-assertion. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Loyalty and humility, which are especially feminine, flourish chiefly in the first; liberty and self-assertion in the second. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z To this self-assertion we owe the most delightful of autobiographies,—that of Benvenuto Cellini. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z While the one combatant prefers life, retains his single self-consciousness, but surrenders his claim for recognition, the other holds fast to his self-assertion and is recognised by the former as his superior. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z And the Honourable Bob, with his breezy self-assertion, had brought this home to him and, with a puff of everyday life, had blown the fantasy away. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Thus, the development of the Monroe Doctrine has followed two parallel lines of policy, protection against Europe and national self-assertion. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z A spirit of self-assertion was engrained in him, and it was supported by a combative temperament. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The words of the epitaph are simply expressive of the strong self-assertion and independence which Naevius maintained till the end of his active and somewhat turbulent career. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Altogether Chorillos is a very unpretending and altogether uncomfortable place, in which there is little room for elegancy or self-assertion, the President of the Republic himself occupying a wretched, dirty Rancho. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z For Flixton, forward and positive in small things and on the surface, was discovered by the emergency; all that now remained of his usual self-assertion was a sense of injury. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z This opens a wide field to quackery, of which any woman with more cunning or self-assertion than her neighbours can avail herself for the sake of credit or of gain. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Disquietude and unrest are not wanting, but there is no unruly self-assertion; the cry of social revolt is faintly heard, and, when heard, its tones are among the least Tennysonian. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z He was an ironist entangled in his own net and an egotist bitten with self-distrust, concealing his wounds in self-assertion and his hesitancies in an external aggressiveness. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z His silent and smiling assent to all that was agreed on,—so different from the boyish self-assertion which had amused them last year,—made her wonder. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z The very inertia, the medi�val conditions thinly veneered, which characterize modern Andalucia in an era of insensate haste and self-assertion, prove to some a solace and a fascination. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Man is also compassionate; but without the systematic formation of morals, his weak compassion will not compensate the ardor of his self-assertion, which may involve all crimes. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In his eyes it was touched with no shade of selfishness; its egotism was to be readily enough condoned; one liked self-assertion in those whom nature had wrought of finer stature, from better clay. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z This is a wordy paraphrase of Spinoza's: "All existence is self-assertion, and Morality is only the highest and purest form of this fundamental instinct in a reasonable being." Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z It was in fact a piece of self-assertion. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z And this victory he won, not by dint of clamour, or falseness, or obstrusive self-assertion, but by the force of his own intellectual powers, his unsullied integrity, his admirable character. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z The style is dignified, free from the taint of undue self-assertion, and equally free from misplaced modesty. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z One point was as good as another, he thought, for the purpose, and this newly-discovered debt of Ewing's gave him an excellent occasion for the self-assertion upon which he had resolved. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z Interest is self-assertion and the intensifying of the zest for life. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z When Jesus said, 'He that loseth his life shall save it,' he said in effect—The self-surrender to which I call you is the truest self-assertion. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z It is the convulsive manifestation of his personality, an instinctive melancholia, an uncontrollable desire for self-assertion, all of which obscures his reason. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The individual, not the race, the Herrenmensch, not the slave, self-assertion, not self-denying renunciation—these are some of the ideas round which this new optimistic ethics turns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Frontenac tried to make his way by dint of self-assertion, but in the end his success was only moderate. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z In this we find the same peculiar style, the same self-assertion, but we must note, in addition, the distinct tritheism which pervades it. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z And they imply no lack of virility, either, for the highest self-assertion, as Professor Everett pointed out in his criticism of Nietzsche, is in complete self-surrender to such a will as God's. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z Whatever you get will be by self-assertion and by that alone. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Nor must we read in their words merely a loud and indignant self-assertion, all unworthy of the time and scene. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z As the recently released film Fire in Babylon recalls, West Indians once used cricket for black self-assertion. Norman Tebbit's cricket test means nothing when you're winning 2011-07-29T20:30:00Z Mr. Bryant shrank from self-assertion even of the most impersonal sort, as I never knew any other human being to do. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z "Is the king dead, ma'am, that he has left it to you?" asked Curdie, half in doubt from the self-assertion of the woman. The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z So then she gained daily in self-assertion, and soon submitted to no dictation even from her brother. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z But Christ has a special humiliation to reveal for his special self-assertion. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z He was entirely free from pride and undue self-assertion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z There was a certain joyousness in it that was very winning, combined with an insistent but unobtrusive self-assertion which impressed without offending. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Christopher has grown from the self-assertion of boyhood into the strength and protecting kindness of manhood. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Taken in the single piece, our furniture is sometimes not without its merit, but it is rarely exempt from self-assertion, or, to use a slang term, "fussiness." Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z And in each case, He spoke not in the intoxication of pride or self-assertion, but in all gravity, and as a solemn warning. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z She answered civilly; waited to put her hair and dress in order, wisely resolving to lose no means of influence and self-assertion that were within her reach; and went down. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z To this end I would further insist that it is necessary that you should lay aside all purposes of individual self-assertion, and join yourselves and your forces to the general movement. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z His great tenderness had a lining of contempt—his fiery self-assertion a kernel of loyalty. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z It developed the self-assertion of which we have spoken, and, in the belief that it could stand alone, divorced itself from that support which was the final cause of its existence. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z It was not expressed in stormy self-assertion nor cynical contempt. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z But two threads ran straight through the maze of cowardice and impudent self-assertion, and served to comfort and cheer humanity. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z Kenneth had lost his vaunting air of self-assertion and overconfidence, and was very quiet. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Neither, with all his just and distinct self-assertion, did he assume any special credit for this. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z The virtues of self-assertion, ruthlessness, and pride were to eradicate the vices of abnegation, pity, and humility. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z This is so obvious that her self-assertion is not convincing. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z We call this primal desire for union his heart, and this primal self-assertion his will. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z When he feels death upon him, Faust has one of his most splendid moments of self-assertion. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z But Clay, with his genial self-confidence and irresistible self-assertion, had assumed in the popular mind, as well as in the Congress, the part of the leading representative of these policies. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Beauty and grace rather than self-assertion characterized his style. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z It is through service and not by self-assertion that true women contribute their best work to their country. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z But self-assertion in an ignorant child is more apt than otherwise to be disorderly, discordant, and perhaps destructive; it therefore provokes resistance in the unthinking, but challenges the thoughtful to give guidance. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z "I told the Herr Baron how it would be," the old man declares, with the whimsical self-assertion which so often mingles with distress in the announcement of some misfortune: "Hector has gone mad." 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Throughout all Milton’s works there may be discerned a vein of this noble egotism, this unbashful self-assertion. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z He begins by finding an ultimate opposition between the instincts of self-assertion and instincts which secure the production and protection of the coming generation even in the infra-ethical world with which biology deals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z This feature may account for a lack of worldly wisdom and self-assertion, which prevented him from reaping the full fruits of the fame which he deserved as Fletcher's collaborator in so many plays. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z The opposite poles of a human being are self-assertion or personal consciousness on the one side, and generosity or race consciousness on the other. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z Seven years of feverish self-assertion had left their mark upon both the Plessingtons. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Whatever manifestations of egotism, whatever strokes of self-assertion come from such men, come in the very burst and phrenzy of their passing resistlessness. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z "Waldemar, that concerns me alone," his mother answered in frigid self-assertion. Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.173Z In his words there was all the arrogant self-assertion of a man accustomed to have his own way, regardless of consequences. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z If the captain took any part in the conversation the forester was mute; his shyness seemed to increase rather than to diminish; his wonted self-assertion had vanished. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Here if anywhere on earth self-assertion is rebuked and human eminence set at nought. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z It had meant the "I will" of self-assertion, not the "I will" of self-discipline. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z No one will quarrel with you, and I"----here Ulric drew himself up to his full height, in defiant self-assertion, "I shall stay on here for a time, at least. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z With like proud, bold self-assertion Wolfgang Elmhorst was wont to silence his opponents and to win the victory, but it stood him in no stead here. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z What has become of the struggle with arrogant self-assertion to which I looked forward? Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z "Pagan self-assertion" is one of the elements of human worth, as well as "Christian self-denial." On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z It was in the qualities of independence and self-assertion that his character was deficient. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil And the simple old deity, to whom the language of their dialectic is strange, seems to think that the victory rests with the loudest voice and the most blatant self-assertion. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But the young girl apparently was anxious to be as little trouble and to incite as little censure as possible after her one act of self-assertion. The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory Not that he supposed the Robinsons affected to be fashionable of an evening, but the pride of the half-starved man rose in irrational self-assertion. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel The gentleness of his speech was the more telling by its contrast with his aggressive habit of self-assertion. The Tempering Horace, in the estimate which he forms of his own work, seems to maintain the due balance between the self-assertion and the modesty of genius. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil He educated himself while attending his young master at school, and by readiness, versatility, and arrogant self-assertion, rose to an income of more than £4000 a year. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius I used to wonder why he had never taken to starring, but he said he had not had enough self-assertion. Life on the Stage Wyndham rose, not displeased to observe that his host was likewise in evening clothes; as he had been already regretting the self-assertion to which he had yielded. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Expectancy and dependence here take the place of “self-assertion.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus As is so often the case with young men of marked ability, the brilliant student may have suffered from the impatience and self-assertion of youth. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Yet in the writings we see another side, a considerable sprinkle of sturdy prejudices, no little self-assertion and pugnacity. The Vagabond in Literature But my crushed childhood had its effect, I shall always lack self-assertion—I stayed on and this happened. Life on the Stage The other bowed, but in a doubtful way that for a moment robbed him of his usual air of impudent self-assertion. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Certainly there is a kind of self-assertion in the ministry which they condemn. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus "Please, Miss Burton, I wasn't deceiving you!" cried Gerry, goaded into one of her rare attempts at self-assertion. Just Gerry In other words, the limit of any finite creature, that which makes it finite, lies without it, and its own existence, so far as it goes, must be pure self-assertion and self-seeking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" All His self-assertion and self-revelation were meant to reveal the Father. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I Without being made conceited by the influential friendships which he found awaiting him wherever he turned, he had a quiet manner of self-assertion which fascinated Martin. Years of Plenty Yet he is the strongest individual there; no other has at all the same opportunity for self-assertion, and therefore its power over others must be more complete than over him. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The self-assertion of either would have been impossible to the greater man than either,—the self-possessed Pizarro. The Spanish Pioneers Or, to put the same thing in ethical language, Spinoza teaches a morality which is in every point the opposite of asceticism, a morality of self-assertion or self-seeking, and not of self-denial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" He worked himself into a glow of defiant self-assertion, feeling his own respect, and Teevan's as well, mounting with his heat. Ewing\\'s Lady The book is all the more interesting and instructive because it is told in a charmingly simple manner, and without a trace of self-consciousness or self-assertion. Mothering on Perilous He walked into the dining-room, the quiet, calm man of the world, with enough dignity and self-assertion to show the housekeeper that the days of her rule had departed for ever. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One The obstinate self-assertion and violence that impressed most observers as strength, hid behind them a spirit that forever needed direction and support from a stronger soul. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History His self-assertion and self-seeking are therefore confused with the asserting and seeking of other things, and are never pure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Dexter was one of these, and this entire absence of self-assertion in Ward Heathcote stung him. Anne A certain self-assertion that she has, and a habit, too, of separating her own interests from those of the rest of us, as though speculating on a time when she should walk alone. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Spoilt by coldness, spoilt by ardour, spoilt by excess, spoilt by indifference, spoilt by obedience, by stupidity, by self-assertion, spoilt by familiarity, spoilt by ignorance. The Intelligence of Woman The noble self-assertion of Athalaric, the victory of the Feast of Epiphany, the prevention of Amalaswintha's escape was all our work. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Bentham rationalized it as a body of rules, laid down and enforced by the state's authority, whereby the maximum of happiness, conceived in terms of free self-assertion, was secured to each individual. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law This he secured, and, being a man of considerable self-assertion and determination, succeeded in becoming the dictator of the Council. Rulers of India: Lord Clive But the end and aim of all his brutal self-assertion was to become a clergyman. Pretty Michal Betsey's self-assertion was amazing, but they still whispered to each other as they got ready for bed. Strangers and Wayfarers Shorty entered the court with an air of extreme depression in face and manner, instead of the usual confident self-assertion which seemed to flow from every look and motion. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign They began to think of the end of law not as a maximum of self-assertion, but as a maximum satisfaction of wants. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law They have already deceived many by their self-assertion. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles But since individual desires can never be wholly subdued, and the male nature is ever directed towards self-assertion, the clan, organised on the rights of the mothers, had always to contend with an opposing force. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy But now her moment of self-assertion seemed to have come, and, to use his own words, she had him fast. Strangers and Wayfarers This genius divorced from wisdom, scornful of moral obligations, and ravenous for notoriety, is especially marked by wilfulness, presumptuous self-assertion, the curse and plague-spot of the perverted soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 The latter saw in it a means of promoting that maximum of individual free self-assertion which he took to be human happiness. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law If this man had any fault more prominent than another, it was pride; yet that haughty self-assertion which would have been offensive in a white man, was vastly becoming to the haughty and powerful black. Cudjo's Cave Anything in which one can surpass another becomes a means of self-assertion. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life There is no self-assertion or parade, but only an arch smile and a merry shake of the head, as if it was a good joke to catch them thus. Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso This peculiar affectation was but one form in which the temper of the Southern people was manifested—a temper which revolted against complete loss of individuality, and was prone to self-assertion. History of Morgan's Cavalry Accordingly the end of law comes to be conceived as a making possible of the maximum of individual free self-assertion. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law The self-assertion of the Germans and the contempt for the foreigner reveal themselves in their political dealings with other nations. German Problems and Personalities Shyness and embarrassment go with self-assertion that is doubtful of winning recognition. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life But the motive was undoubtedly a generous instinct of self-assertion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 "My grievance is against the Government," the young man said with a grave politeness, almost like self-assertion. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 In a crowded world, whose resources had been exploited, a system of promoting the maximum of individual self-assertion had come to produce more friction than it relieved and to further rather than to eliminate waste. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law An upstart nation, suddenly wealthy and powerful, Germany has developed an inordinate self-conceit and self-assertion. German Problems and Personalities Show how self-assertion finds gratification in the life-work of an actor. a physician. a housekeeper. a teacher. a railroad engineer. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Without being arrogant, without being dictatorial, without being or doing anything that is disagreeable or unbecoming, he must yet make up his mind to put forth in the class a distinct power of self-assertion. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education With very little self-confidence or self-assertion, she is withered and paralyzed by this discouraging thought. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Thus far was mere recognition of a self-assertion of the Baronet's, as against female triviality. When Ghost Meets Ghost Christianity glorifies meekness and humility; Nietzsche glorifies pride and self-assertion. German Problems and Personalities Shame, sulkiness, sullenness, peevishness, stubbornness, defiance, all go with wounded self-assertion under different conditions. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Yet a certain style of self-assertion, bordering very closely upon these qualities, is needed in the teacher. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Mary Burton has a good mind—though she lacks self-assertion. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist His old grandfather, who had a combative though not unamiable disposition, took down the rifle as an act of self-assertion, and walked out into the twilight with it on his shoulder. When Ghost Meets Ghost We believe in despotism and aristocracy because we believe in the natural inequality of man, because we believe in force and pride and self-assertion, in the power of the strong to oppress the weak. German Problems and Personalities Is there any counter-tendency that limits self-assertion and holds it in check? Psychology A Study Of Mental Life "You would not call her Miss Warrender in any case," said the rector, with a little self-assertion. A Country Gentleman and his Family Then she had taken a great step in defiance of authority, and to support her self-assertion she had put on this defiant manner, of conscious indifference to expected criticism. Clark's Field Make them look on self-assertion as one form of martyrdom, and they will come into it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 He glorifies self-assertion and the pride of life. German Problems and Personalities Some behavior that looks submissive is really self-assertion in disguise. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The Advertising Barrister may best be defined as the living and pushing embodiment of self-assertion and impudence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 In resenting the manner in which his position was ignored, he does not seem to have exceeded the bounds of proper self-assertion. George Brown I am not speaking of reproaches, or of unreasonable self-assertion, or of ill-temper,—you could not use any of these forces, if you would, you poor little chick! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 A little self-assertion on behalf of his superior was a thing to be encouraged and applauded. Berenice This transferred self-assertion is a strong element in loyalty and public spirit, and plays a large and useful part in public affairs. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Many tales are told of his arrogant self-assertion and hauteur. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 In all the bravery of self-assertion, he did not know when he was beaten; and so he fought against the intangible spear-points with which Miss Lawrence could surround herself. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Warburton's stupendous self-assertion concealed to some extent his heavy style and poverty of thought. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Offensive arrogance and self-assertion, in his life there was none. Whitman A Study Selfish behavior is, however, often dictated by self-assertion, as when a person wishes to get and have, in order to be able to show by his possessions what a great man he is. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life This boast, so childish, so full of pathetic self-assertion, was still on her lips when a couple of men came out of the dining-room and paused to buy some cigars at the counter. Money Magic A Novel But enough of the gossip reached Guilford Duncan's ears to induce angry resentment and self-assertion on his part. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs He was proud of his self-assertion, proud of being rude. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He has set such an example of self-trust and self-assertion as has no parallel in our literature, at the same time that he has set an equal example in practical democracy and universal brotherhood. Whitman A Study The desire which is gratified in the play of imagination belongs very often indeed under the general head of self-assertion; but when one is in love it is apt to belong under that head. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Vulgarity, in short, is self-consciousness, or at least only compatible with it; and displays itself in self-assertion at the expense of others, or in disregard or in defiance of their feelings. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) The personal principle has achieved its utmost might of self-assertion against that which is universal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 But David waited for his answer; and Matilda's eyes were all glittering, while her little head took its inexpressible air of self-assertion. The House in Town The element of self-assertion in our loves must be brought into correlation with the universal and immortal development of life. The Truth About Woman A true estimate of oneself and one's limitations arises from self-assertion plus experience of failure and the necessity of giving up and submitting. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life "I shall not be silent," cried Indolence, roused to momentary self-assertion. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly It was a little gust of impatience, indignation, intolerance even, and hasty self-assertion. The Doctor's Family He wants no self-assertion on our part, no defiance, no vehement arraignment of him as a robber and a criminal. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV At the age of fourteen we have the birth of the desire body, which marks the commencement of self-assertion. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings Competition, one form of self-assertion, is utilized in a tremendous number of games and sports. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life His only fear had been that she might be too slow in learning that self-assertion which is necessary from a married woman to the world at large. Is He Popenjoy? Country style, no doubt; but these things are relative; and in a smart black silk, with sheer muslin neckerchief and a close-fitting little cap, her natural self-possession and self-assertion were very well set off. Diana It was probably because of the self-assertion of the concluding lines that the omitted stanza was canceled, and these lines reveal the ambition then stirring his young blood. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Their claim to social initiative and responsibility is the extremest possible reach of democratic self-assertion. Is civilization a disease? I am smarting, let us suppose, from a slight administered by my friend; my wounded self-assertion demands satisfaction. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The “leg-of-mutton” hands fumbled their way into the tops of Toby’s trousers, and, with a sudden self-assertion, which fitted him badly, he lurched over to the table, beyond which Birdie was standing. The Twins of Suffering Creek It is in his eyes simply a form of self-assertion, an attempt at governing other people, an infringement of good manners not to be borne. The Soul of a People His bearing was an irritating combination of false humility and suppressed self-assertion. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin And this hurt stirred within her a self-assertion that was becoming a more prominent characteristic of Ruth every day. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery What then is this wonderful instinct of self-assertion, to which fighting and much of laughing are subordinate? Psychology A Study Of Mental Life His vehement self-assertion passed into an affectionate smile. Ghetto Comedies She only knew that it was not limited mechanical energy, nor mere purpose of self-preservation and self-assertion. The Rainbow The struggle, it is said, demands "ruthless self-assertion" and the hunting down of all competitors; and such phrases certainly have an unpleasant sound. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Frank, on the other hand, although he at all times gave way to Johnstone in house matters, was constantly annoyed by his continual self-assertion and his irritation at trifles. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Some psychologists have insisted that all the interest and satisfaction of life were derived from the instincts, laying special stress on the instincts of curiosity and self-assertion. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life "I thought of him, of course, at once," said Mrs. Dennistoun, not able to refrain from that small piece of self-assertion. The Marriage of Elinor At which piece of self-assertion the girls looked at him with admiring eyes. Phoebe, Junior When we use anthropomorphic language, we may speak of "self-assertion". Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Nature beckoned with widespread arms to her child to come—the manhood within him cried for release, for the recognition of the individual's right to self-assertion. When Dreams Come True Such dreams are a means of getting for the moment the satisfaction of some desire, without the trouble of real execution; and the desire gratified is very often some variety of self-assertion. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life "Yes," said Mrs. Dennistoun, with diffidence, yet also a little self-assertion, "I think it is enough." The Marriage of Elinor The following criticism of the Rev. Mr. Holmes, from the pen of a woman, shows the growing self-assertion of a class hitherto held in a condition of subordination by clerical authority. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The most immediate reaction in the compass of self-assertion is indeed the rejection of interference. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The change that had taken place is shown in the lack of pretence and self-assertion in judges, councillors, in college presidents and other dignitaries. Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion The suffering hero daydream is a "substitute reaction", taking the place of a fight or some other active self-assertion. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life However, the Queen showed more self-assertion in her treatment of the Court Godmother, which was characterised by some hauteur. In Brief Authority Happersett, will have as much force in suppressing the individuality and self-assertion of women as had the opinion of Judge Taney, in the Dred-Scott case, in suppressing the emancipation of slavery. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Thorndike, McDougall, and others have reported upon the original tendencies in the individual to domination and submission or to self-assertion and self-abasement. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Nor does liberty rest on the self-assertion of the individual. Liberalism The self-assertive impulse precedes, consciousness of self follows and depends on self-assertion. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life What Louis, always dissimulative, feigned to be an act of gracious homage to dead generosity was in truth an act of defiant and safe self-assertion. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama But the very vigor of her character, its force of self-assertion, unfitted her to be the complement to any but a very yielding nature. Famous Women: George Sand It is indeed self-assertion; sometimes it is the making of one's supreme claim, as when life reaches its most tragic crisis; yet it is, even in the same act, submission to an over-self. Introduction to the Science of Sociology It needs balance and sanity; but it is a true expression of the awakened self-assertion and the dawning sense of liberty among the people. India, Its Life and Thought Rivalry and emulation, sometimes accorded a separate place in a list of the instincts, seem well enough provided for under the general head of self-assertion. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life He was puzzled to know what this sudden fit of self-assertion, combined with an unaccountable burst of high spirits on Beth's part, might portend. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius But Grushenka was surprised at their meeting her with arrogant dignity and self-assertion, with the greatest punctilio and pompous speeches. The Brothers Karamazov Love changes into hate, or dislike is transformed into affection, or humility is replaced by self-assertion. Introduction to the Science of Sociology This did not make so much difference, so long as the Indian was submissive and had not waked up to the spirit of self-assertion. India, Its Life and Thought There are two forms of self-assertion that are specially likely to be taken for submission. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life It encroached at every point, and was generally rewarded for its self-assertion; but it was inherently and constitutionally subordinate, and must have remained so forever in the federation of the United States. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II These occur in all associations, and may be regarded in this case as an evidence of the growing self-assertion and individualism in woman. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I But the totality of social relations of human beings, their self-assertion and self-abnegation, their intimacies and estrangements, would be changed in unpredictable ways if there occurred no glance of eye to eye. Introduction to the Science of Sociology And if one or two of us had a trifle more self-assertion, perhaps some others would have less.” In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Later, he is able to 'show off' and win applause by his mathematical feats, and thus the social form of self-assertion is brought into play. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Pictures and statues, even in a traditional period, embody a large amount of merely personal peculiarities of individual artists, testifying to many activities—imitation, self-assertion, rivalry—which have no real æsthetic value. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life But political rights, involving in their last results equality everywhere, roused all the antagonism of a dominant power, against the self-assertion of a class hitherto subservient. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I But Nelson had not been accustomed to George’s style of self-assertion; and, after a great deal of abuse, he threatened to kick the brakesman, who defied him to do so. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Defiantly and in a triumph of self-assertion, she went to the open window and peered out into the stillness, illumined by neither moon nor stars. Master of the Vineyard The other form of self-assertion which looks like submission occurs when a person identifies himself with a superior individual or with a social group. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life And this wearisome act of self-assertion leaves little power for appreciation, for the appreciation which others can have quite equally, and without which there is no reality at all in ownership. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life Wherever the skilled hands and cultured brain of woman have made the battle of life easier for man, he has readily pardoned her sound judgment and proper self-assertion. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The clinging garment of mist, driven and dispersed by day's last flash of self-assertion, lay heaped and tumbled in the valleys, and the mountains stood knee-deep in an opalescent sea of foam. Captain Desmond, V.C. This number will be greatly added to by improvement in the education of women for industry and by their continued self-assertion. The Settlement of Wage Disputes Thwarted self-assertion deserves special mention, as the basis for quite a number of queer emotional states. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life His immobile face, with its heavy, good features and slow-kindling comprehension, was at all times expressive of loud self-assertion, insatiable curiosity, facile confidence; from his clean shaven lips fell always satisfied comment, pronouncement, impatient opinion. Mountain Blood A Novel Hence the self-assertion, the antagonism, the rebellion of woman, so much deplored in England and the United States, is the hope of our higher civilization. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The plan failed, partly because Napoleon did not superintend its operation in person, partly because Davout did not co�perate with sufficient alertness, but chiefly through Jerome's ignorance, slowness, and self-assertion. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The process of distribution is carried out mainly by the action of competition; it is marked by active and stubborn self-assertion on the part of all groups which share in the product. The Settlement of Wage Disputes Inertia and fear of course have this effect, but is there any specific instinct precisely opposite to self-assertion? Psychology A Study Of Mental Life So, by degrees, Challis's influence took possession of me and roused me to self-assertion. The Wonder Thus through continued persecution was woman's self-assertion and self-respect sufficiently developed to prompt her at last to demand justice, liberty, and equality for herself. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The noise and ugly self-assertion of the town, flinging its gas-jets against the moon and covering the roll of the sea with the shriek of the gramophone. The Wooden Horse Nor did he boast of anything, indeed; his taste was too fastidious for self-assertion of the barefaced sort. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Thwarted self-assertion accounts for many of the dislikes that develop between the members of a group. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Well, one makes an attempt at self-assertion, a kind of futile bragging; and one knows the futility of it—at the time. The Wonder Women are afraid to claim their rights; and not timidity only, but laziness—the love of ease—keeps them back from the great duty of self-assertion. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Such is holiness as it exists in God and in man: in God it is His own inflexible self-assertion; in man it is his inflexible assertion of God. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Now it might be imagined from the foregoing that hardihood, self-assertion, and other unpleasant characteristics would be indicated in the manner and personality of this lover of freedom and rebel against restraint. The Ghost Girl Emma had no guile in her disposition and was utterly lacking in self-assertion. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life But I really think that, before making any tests of this sort, we should continue the discussion of what is at present the main object of our lives—self-knowledge and self-assertion. The Associate Hermits And so large a portion of the world is deficient in breeding, that to a young person at least the desire of self-assertion comes as a very natural and tolerably strong temptation. A Red Wallflower Like Hastings, Bentinck showed a firmness and wisdom in his Indian administration strongly contrasting with the restless self-assertion of his earlier career. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Aunt Rebecca was a gentle, 52 sweet-faced woman, if her portrait told the truth, possessed of all the virtues save self-assertion and dominated by habitual, unselfish kindness to others. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Pride, passion, self-assertion, and such things belong not to the results of sanctification; the opposites are found in those who bring forth 'fruits unto Holiness'. Standards of Life and Service The Hebrews may have written a book that teaches, of all others, self-renunciation, but the way they taught it was self-assertion. The Lost Art of Reading I really haven’t the self-assertion to walk up to strange students and tell them the error of their ways. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall And I do not want to teach or induce any selfishness or self-assertion; I have the very greatest respect for parental authority; I will tell her nothing, or only what you approve of her knowing. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls “How he is under his aunt’s thumb!” thought Patty, secretly disgusted at his lack of self-assertion, but she suddenly changed her mind. Patty's Success The fussy pretension of small men in great places, and the resolute self-assertion of great men in small places, are things essentially different. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The child unconsciously acts on the principle that self-assertion is self-preservation. The Lost Art of Reading "Tray chick, mademoiselle," he said, with a cheerful self-assertion, to hide the embarrassment which always assailed him when he encountered her. Barbarians But common-sense and a certain docility, which was strongly developed in her, in spite of her superficial self-assertion and blunt, even abrupt outspokenness, made her yield to Phebe's advice. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls He could not quite assume that self-assertion which he knew that his position would have warranted; but he did keep his flag up after a fashion. Ralph the Heir I may here remark that I never resisted any idea of Rossetti's at the moment of its inception, since resistance only led to a temporary outburst of self-assertion on his part. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Indeed, it must be admitted that our country-people usually met the German claims to be the supermen of Europe with rather unnecessary self-assertion. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War Something of Hellenism, something, too, of Oriental resignation, must be combined with its hurrying Western self-assertion before it can emerge from the ardour of youth into the mature wisdom of manhood. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays The true conception of man and his duties leaves but little room for individualism or insolent self-assertion. Colleges in America The cure for them is to direct their self-assertion to things instead of people. A Dominie in Doubt But surely first, in this verse, he leads not only the Philippians generally but Euodia and Syntyche in particular up to a level where the self-will and self-assertion must, of themselves, expire. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians I found them well informed and agreeable, less demonstrative in their self-assertion than their Northern sisterhood, but latently wilful, and assumptive of a superior elevation hardly justified by their general air of languid refinement. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He had known her as one of her father's household, and of her step-mother's; and had seen probably some little instance of self-assertion, such as had not yet made itself apparent to Mrs Baggett. An Old Man's Love And yet the time will come when we shall have to face danger for the sake of brotherhood, as we do now for the sake of self-assertion. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship Stealing may mean to a boy a method of self-assertion; it may mean that thus he rebels against authority of father and teacher; it may be the result of any one of a dozen causes. A Dominie in Doubt But Iskender, seeing the opportunity for self-assertion, stood by the Frank, undertaking recklessly to arrange the whole expedition, on a smaller scale, for the sum stipulated. The Valley of the Kings So obviously sound was this judgment, that we inevitably recur to the belief that the Southern secession was inspired not by calculation, but by a temper of self-assertion, which fitted its hopes to its wishes. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Furthermore, his self-assertion was recognized as too often a display of arrogance and vanity. Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold A doctor delivers his opinion as a matter of self-assertion; the layman receives it as a matter of self-preservation. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle You want to show your self-assertion just as a kid does. A Dominie in Doubt At the first reading there certainly seems to be something of self-assertion and self-display about this passage, as if it said: "Let your light so shine that people may see how much good you do." Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion To yield them without effort was to renounce the minimum of self-assertion he had reserved to the nation. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Courage universally honored.—There is something in this strong, steady power of self-assertion that compels the admiration of everyone who beholds it. Practical Ethics It is a name for boastful and truculent group self-assertion. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Mr. Arthur Balfour's desire to beat his golfing partner and Jock Broon's desire to spit farther than Jake Tosh are fundamentally the same desire, the desire for self-assertion. A Dominie in Doubt A man goes his way in self-assertion, self-display, the desire to make an impression, and he seems to achieve much. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Selfishness, whether as self-assertion or self-seeking, is essentially barren and unproductive, both in p. 82regard to the lives of others and our own lives. Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 Independence and self-assertion in marriage toward husband or wife is mean and cruel. Practical Ethics There was a dignity in his movements quite different from Donald Ward's habitual self-assertion, different, too, from the stately confidence of Lord Dunseveric. The Northern Iron The age of self-assertion is the rowdy age, and naturally it is now that father uses his authority. A Dominie in Doubt He fully shared the new spirit of independence and self-assertion that began to animate the commercial and manufacturing classes in the north of England at the time of the Reform Bill. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch She lacked something, she had no real dignity, no self-assertion. The Girls at Mount Morris Passion and self-assertion were at one; my conquest would be two-fold. The King's Mirror No lingering echoes of the old vehement self-assertion, “Look at my work, for it is good, and those who set their faces against it are the children of the devil!” Romola If authority in the shape of father or teacher or policeman steps in to suppress his self-assertion the boy becomes an enemy of all authority and very often anti-social. A Dominie in Doubt He had an impulse of utter wild rebellion, of ferocious self-assertion. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories The chief character of that society is to be found in its shameless self-assertion, its almost obscene display of its importance and of the shadowy privileges and acceptances on which that importance is based. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind In all his moods, whether of blustering self-assertion or reluctant surrender, of canny craft or protesting generosity, Mr. McKinnel was equally admirable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 This status became more pronounced with the progress of the controversy and of the South's self-assertion. History of the United States, Volume 3 If his cruelty to the calf was due to his self-assertion again I did the wrong thing, for the fear evoked by my strap merely inhibited his desire to assert himself in cudgelling calves. A Dominie in Doubt At present it is interesting to follow the geographical growth of the state which has become so troublesome, and whose self-assertion has increased according to its size. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 In his first youthful arrogance of self-assertion he had miscalculated with Ruth Van Ostend. Flamsted quarries Are not self-indulgence and self-assertion temptations to which we are ever exposed, and to which we constantly give way, without even a thought of the un-Christliness of such conduct? A Ribband of Blue And Other Bible Studies In this story we find the self-assertion of an individual supported by Senate, consuls, and people in breaking loose from the antiquated restrictions of a bygone age, and 344we cannot but sympathise with it. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus You must flog because it is your method of self-assertion. A Dominie in Doubt A country gentleman, who had risen by the accident of his sister's queenship to high rank at the Court, had thus by sheer intrigue and self-assertion made himself ruler of the realm. History of the English People, Volume IV Never again will they be content with sour bread or a soiled table-cloth; never again will they mistake arrogant self-assertion for good-breeding, or a dull, half-furnished “living-room” for a cheerful parlor. The Education of American Girls We wish, however, to draw attention to another aspect of self-denial which is often overlooked, and perhaps we shall do this most intelligibly by use of the antithetical expression, self-assertion. A Ribband of Blue And Other Bible Studies But the interests of public life are now far more attractive than the duties of the cults,—the individual wishes to assert himself where his self-assertion will be noted and appreciated. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus In their vehement self-assertion they ignore their unity with the All. Creative Unity The kingdom is said to belong peculiarly to those who are "poor in spirit," in whom self-assertion and pride have quite gone out, leaving them humble and lowly in heart. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation The West was not conservative: buoyant self-confidence and self-assertion were distinguishing traits in its composition. The Frontier in American History No longer that morbid humility struggling in vain to transform itself into a violent self-assertion. Sacrifice The slight shake with which the question was enforced deprived her of the last vestige of dignity and self-assertion. Hooking Watermelons 1898 To express the hope to Germany that her methods of self-assertion be such as will not hinder mutual discussions by arousing British public opinion against her. Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare Nothing could be so exquisitely human, nothing especially could be so exquisitely masculine as that combination of self-love and self-assertion and even insolence with a naked and helpless sensibility to the slightest breath of ridicule. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens As time goes on and the nation adjusts itself more durably to the conditions of the differing geographic sections which make it up, they are coming to a new self-consciousness and a revived self-assertion. The Frontier in American History In action as well as opinion dogmatism and unbridled self-assertion may be the dominant characteristics of a personality. Human Traits and their Social Significance And then he possessed what I think might very well be called the spirit of aggressiveness, or, possibly better, the spirit of sanctified self-assertion. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman At this supreme moment his littleness and lack of self-assertion jarred on her mood. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life And such usages will be condemned, and in the long run rejected, wherever there is an opportunity for self-assertion and discussion among the various interests concerned. The Moral Economy Mackenzie's noisy verbosity and self-assertion offended the patrician instincts of Mr. Baldwin, to whom, indeed, the little proletarian was altogether distasteful and repulsive. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion But just as all acquired mechanisms of behavior are modifications of some original instinctive response, so all desires, interests, and ideals are derivatives of such original impulses as fear, curiosity, self-assertion, and sex. Human Traits and their Social Significance Paul, as we have seen, did not disparage heroism, but he thought that it was exhibited as much, if not more, in patience and forgiveness as in self-assertion and retaliation. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Kid Wolf spoke respectfully, although he did not fawn over the dignitary or lose his own quiet self-assertion. Kid Wolf of Texas It is only the crudest and most impotent self-assertion that is "ruthless." The Moral Economy The old self-assertion which a year ago had shown itself in attitude and speech had become softened now until it was no more than a gentle independence. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story On the other hand, the habits of industry, ambition, self-assertion, and studying in the evening urge him to stay at home and study. Human Traits and their Social Significance So with the self-assertion without which a Scot ceases to be a Scot, he had fastened upon those winter months with Julian Wemyss to fill in the lacunes of Dominie McAll's instruction. Patsy "Oh, I rather guessed that; but I ran away thinking I might rouse my husband to a little self-assertion." Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Revolution, then, is the self-assertion of the various constituent interests which do not find room or fair measure within the existing organization. The Moral Economy This the usher said with a tone of self-assertion which grated a little on the Doctor's ear, in spite of his good-humour towards the speaker. Dr. Wortle's School A female yell issued from the alley as he came up, and Mrs Rampy suddenly appeared in a state of violent self-assertion. The Garret and the Garden Nevertheless there was nothing of the coxcomb about Queeker—no self-assertion; nothing but amiableness, self-satisfaction, and enthusiasm. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Whether Nootka’s surprise at this sudden act of self-assertion, or her curiosity, was the stronger, it would be hard to say, but she immediately went after Cowlik. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice Restraint for the sake of organization is therefore only a developed and intelligent self-assertion. The Moral Economy “I’s not so sure,” said Quashy, with a frown, and a tone of self-assertion which was rare in him. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America It is only when woman indicates the strength of her mind by unfeminine self-assertion that we shrink from her in alarm. Post Haste The interpreter was a stout, tall, dignified man of about thirty-five, with a great deal of self-assertion, and a dash of humour expressed in his countenance. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale "And what if I won't go?" said the girl, with a feeble effort at self-assertion. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes The first ruler may have been appointed by God; or, as is more likely, he may have owed his choice to his own brutal self-assertion. The Moral Economy He describes Eve, somewhat grudgingly, as "an outside--fair, no doubt," and peremptorily teaches Adam the duties of self-appreciation and self-assertion:-- Oft-times nothing profits more Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well managed. Milton During the reign of Henry the name "Parliament" was coming to be more regularly applied to it, its meetings were more frequent and its self-assertion more vigorous. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England "I fail even now to understand," says the old lady, with a somewhat tremulous attempt at self-assertion. April's Lady A Novel His government might be overthrown in a day, but it would take ages to lift up that empire of prostrate slaves and to cultivate in them the self-assertion and self-reliance necessary to a free people. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View At this time, and with this letter in his hand, he understood me less than ever, which naturally called out my powers of self-assertion and led to some lively conversation between us. That Affair Next Door But Maxim Gorki makes heroes of them, consciously, with a mental self-assertion, giving them ideas which he has found in Nietzsche. Figures of Several Centuries The manner of the wearer, however, while extremely modest and void of self-assertion, was not at all awkward nor disconcerted. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) He seemed to have forgotten his self-assertion—his “contrariness,” as Shenac called it—and was a boy again, noisy and full of fun, but gentle and helpful too. Shenac's Work at Home He was not gifted with independence or self-assertion. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 There was too much of finality and self-assertion, too much of "Thus saith the Lord," about Imperator's remarks for my rebellious soul. Seen and Unseen There is a certain purity in this Cragthorpe air which I have never seen approached,—a lightness, a brilliancy, a crudity, which allows perfect liberty of self-assertion to each individual object in the landscape. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 He had no presence, no self-assertion, and his very anxiety to conciliate gave his manner a nervous indecision, in which the boys saw nothing but cause for ridicule. Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and Girls The stuff of rebellion and of self-assertion was not in her, but she could endure misfortune with the stoical indifference of a savage. The Blood of the Conquerors Not in the ecclesiastical arena, not in polemic for a creed, not in self-assertion and disputings, do we please our Master best, but in the simple service of love. Friendship War is an escape, for a people, from a kind of subjectivism, from the evils of a self-love to perhaps the greater evils of self-assertion. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History Actual social status in existing American democracy is the result of a balance of forces one of which is the individual's power of self-assertion. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 The first response has been a display of patriotic emotion and national self-assertion. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation From the first great center of will comes the independent self-assertion which locates the mother as something outside, something objective. Fantasia of the Unconscious We find no trace in his writings of sentiments other than the most elevated and inspiring, and we know that in character he was pure and sweet, self-sacrificing, self-denying, and free from self-assertion. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work I have already pointed out that the unselfishness of the children—the complete absence of self-seeking and self-assertion—is one of the most noticeable features of the life of their school. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Spontaneity is sacrificed to perfection, and the lack of self-assertion allows us to keep our wits and admire sanely. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The first step in his self-assertion was to emancipate himself from this control, and to vindicate his authority within the precincts of his Court. Henry VIII. He seems to have been an amiable, kindly, simple-minded man, without much self-assertion or any strong opinions of his own. Art in England Notes and Studies Sadly to his disadvantage, she compared his simplicity and honest diffidence with the bold self-assertion and easy familiarity of the young fellows with whom she had come in contact during the winter. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories When he had to speak or write on behalf of what he believed to be the truth, it was from no motive of self-assertion or combativeness. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies What is empty pretension in the leading article, was often a warranted self-assertion in Macaulay; what in it is little more than testiness, is in him often a generous indignation. Critical Miscellanies, Volume I (of 3) Essay 4: Macaulay Up to this time General Blair, through his self-assertion and his bold proclamation of Democratic designs, had been the central figure of the canvass. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He appeared to have lost the instinct of self-assertion, and walked abroad protected solely, but sufficiently, by his vast size and imposing appearance. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Richard, two years younger than Everett by the calendar, was at least three older than he in size, appearance, habits, and self-assertion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 His striking appearance, the pithy terseness of his speech, and a certain naïve self-assertion and impatience of social restraints made him a notable figure in the polite and somewhat effeminate society of the Danish capital. Essays on Scandinavian Literature A spirit of self-assertion was engrained in him, and it was supported by a combative temperament. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends He is independent without self-assertion, courageous without bravado, conscientious without Pharisaism. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It was really funny; or at least so it seemed until enough self-assertion came back to admit of my entering the lists. The Heather-Moon The volunteer carries with him into the ranks, an ostentatious spirit of self-assertion and independence. Border and Bastille The old Norse sagas abound in illustrations of this untamable vigor and ruthless self-assertion. Essays on Scandinavian Literature He had cultivated him up to that pitch where he scorned to practice any vice, or any virtue, that did not include the principle of self-assertion. Madame Delphine Backed by apparently abundant means and obviously indomitable "gall," she counted on carrying all before her by sheer force of her powers of self-assertion and the name of the Patriotic Daughters of America. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila He had infinite pride, and there was in his manner a self-assertion that often bordered, or seemed to border, upon arrogance. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters This eternal temper of self-assertion, this spirit of invention, this determination to add something or alter something, is no doubt the principle of life. Romance Two Lectures "But where the self-assertion is all on one side, and the self-abasement all on the other—as in the case of Miss Jorgensen and Mr. Hurst—then how would you establish an equilibrium, Mrs. Mason?" The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems For the slightest whisperings of self, within such a Court, is an evidence of self-assertion and independent existence. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era He had come with a goodly stock of self-assertion and sudden-gained dignity, but they withered under the inquiring gaze. Joyce of the North Woods In a democratic age and country like ours, many causes are at work to lower the average standard of manners by generating universal self-assertion, arrogance, and irreverence. The Friendships of Women But Justine Brent had made him see that his first step toward self-assertion had been the inconsistent one of trying to evade its results. The Fruit of the Tree But there came a day when he did care, sitting up to demand food with a great deal of his old self-assertion. The Time Traders She struggled against it, struggled back toward cheer and self-assertion, and in her effort to get back, found herself seeking news of less picturesque moments in Lucy's lot. The Emigrant Trail Now the Bruces were not good children, as was natural; and they despised Annie because she was a girl, and because she had no self-assertion. Alec Forbes of Howglen Their smaller volume of power is compensated by their greater delicacy and tact, their more sensitive moral capacity: the power of self-sacrifice is surely higher than the power of self-assertion. The Friendships of Women This idea is borne out to the full, and henceforward the woman lives for her lord, with no thought of independence or self-assertion. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond I was not capable of the least self-assertion. Daisy in the Field It is true that there is a narrow and a selfish patriotism which blinds us to the good in other nations, which limits our aspirations and breeds a spirit of jealousy and self-assertion. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Muttering some words, half of apology and half of self-assertion, he did leave the room; and now she told the Duchess that she knew something of one of the Maules. Phineas Redux The old extreme of a severe exercise of parental authority has passed away, and a new extreme of filial insubordination and insolent self-assertion has taken its place. The Friendships of Women Social Instincts.—Among these are placed such instinctive tendencies as bashfulness, sympathy, the gregarious instinct, or love of companionship, anger, self-assertion, combativeness, etc. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education "You have no right to find fault with me," cried Katherine, stung to self-assertion. A Crooked Path A Novel Thus, for all his originality and oddity, he early grew accustomed to mix in the sort of company he was likely to meet, without either inward shrinking or the need of conscious self-assertion. Abraham Lincoln Coercive assimilation arouses national feelings, alien elements, and racial self-assertion. Catholic Problems in Western Canada Only it should be exercised on principle, not from caprice; for the good of the ruled, not for the gratification of a despotic self-assertion in the ruler; with fond gentleness, not with harshness or cruelty. The Friendships of Women Through every act and utterance recorded of him there runs a clear undoubting self-assertion, utterly unknown to Moses or Mahomet. The Arian Controversy He has reached—strangely enough through self-assertion—the centre of indifference to self, and of interest in other people and things. Among Famous Books There was about this Jew such a complete gentleness and repose, such earnestness without eagerness, such self-confidence without self-assertion, that the curate's heart warmed to him instinctively. A Dozen Ways Of Love How was he to answer her now at this moment, so that she might not write to her father, and so that his self-assertion might still be maintained? Phineas Finn The Irish Member There was nothing of the nervous débutante in the attitude, nor was there the half-truculent self-assertion of the modern girl. Great Possessions She was so happy that morning that she had more self-assertion than usual. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Her beauty gave her some power of self-assertion, although in reality she was of an exceedingly mild and gentle sort. The Debtor A Novel I only hope he will bring his usual iron rule to bear upon this new element in the household, else her impertinent self-assertion will be unendurable. Infelice But he was a man who was pleasant to other men,—not combative, not self-asserting beyond the point at which self-assertion ceases to be a necessity of manliness. Phineas Finn The Irish Member One can be surer of one's self, without either an overweening self-conceit or the assumption of brassy self-assertion. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin The Prussians interpret this crudely as mere self-assertion and the will to power. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years They might remain unquestioningly, even preferredly, outside the doors of superiority, but out there they raised a clamor of self-assertion. The Debtor A Novel She was, on the whole, a pleasant and surprising contrast to girls of her age, with her pretty, shy respect for her elders, and lack of self-assertion, along with entire self-possession and good breeding. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel But then it is so difficult to draw the line between proper self-assertion and proper self-denial;—to know how high to go up the table, and how low to go down. Phineas Finn The Irish Member Spohr was a man of immense self-assertion, and believed in the greatness of his own musical genius as a composer in the higher domain of his art. Great Violinists And Pianists The king had a wonderful power of self-assertion, which attached them all to him almost as if he were a sort of divinity. History of France The great Nullifier and the great Reformer were both Titanic, in the vastness and comprehensiveness of their views, in their unrelenting self-assertion, in their metaphysics, and in their theories of government. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics There are extreme cases in which our wills seem powerless, but even here we are conscious of our power to struggle for self-assertion and self-control. The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 Still the same plea— “My sin was made for me By men’s perverseness:” still the same impulses of mad, despairing self-assertion— p. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works It was curious to mark on these rare occasions how the more boisterous self-assertion of Mrs. Porkington seemed for a time to cower before the gentler but finer will. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses For the slightest whispering of self, within such a Court, is an evidence of self-assertion and independent existence. The Kitáb-i-Íqán What a frightful clearness of self-consciousness in this descent to hell, and yet what a furious force in the instinct of life and self-assertion that drives him on! Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth For the slightest whispering of self within such a Court is an evidence of self-assertion and independent existence. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh The self-assertion, too, of love is gone, and only its deep purity and tenderness remain. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works Although with these distinguished surroundings, Gen. Lee had no undue pride, reserve, or self-assertion. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session They were suffering themselves under the same defect; all the more visibly because a certain vigour of self-assertion seemed necessary to justify their very existence as separatist bodies. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century In looking to the important results that grew out of this convention, the independence of thought and self-assertion of the black man are the most remarkable. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army Even Ibsen's women, so subtly feminine in so many ways, are forever revealing themselves virile in their self-assertion, in their claim to self-ownership. Inquiries and Opinions The tendency is all towards self-assertion on the part of the nationalities that are beginning a new era of national life and importance. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar In the contest between quiet force and noisy self-assertion the issue is never doubtful. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster We have discoursed too much of character, too little of power; too much of self-sacrifice and too little of self-assertion; too much of right, too little of might. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe All desire, all attachment to the world is an evil; all self-assertion is wrong. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Let no one, then, confound with the principles of this social nonconformity the acerbity and the disagreeable self-assertion of those who first display it. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library It is this attitude of self-assertion, coupled with the tacit assumption that the others don't count much, that makes the English so detested on the Continent. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar We have enough, too, of that self-assertion which Carlyle and Ruskin and some of our clerical neighbors have made us familiar with, and which gives flavor to a work of genius. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Mr. Lecky calls it "in relation to foreigners a spirit of constant and jealous self-assertion." Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking It was evident that greatness would save no man; the best hope lay in obscurity, and men who had been loud in self-assertion now grew timorous and silent. The King's Achievement The spirit of independence and self-assertion and egotism, in spite of all efforts at repression, continue to stalk abroad. The Purpose of the Papacy The people treated him with unvarying respect and confidence, partly from a sense of his real superiority, and partly, perhaps, from the very lack of self-assertion on his side. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick He smiled radiantly, with the self-assertion of youth, the joy of life. The Eternal Maiden |
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