 I believe in aristocracy, though— if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of power, based upon rank and influence, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate and the plucky. Its members are to be found in...  The Human Tradition in Modern Brazil - Page ixedited by - 2004 - 304 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | William H. Beezley, Judith Ewell - History - 1987 - 344 pages
...These ordinary people won what he declared to be humanity's only victory over cruelty and chaos because "they are sensitive for others as well as for themselves,...the power to endure, and they can take a joke."'' Ill The biographies of such people fill this volume. One or two, Forster's few great names, such as... | |
 | United States. Congress - Government publications - 1990 - 330 pages
...there is a secret understanding between them when they meet. They represent the true human condition, the one permanent victory of our queer race over cruelty...the power to endure, and they can take a joke.— from "Three Cheers for Democracy" by EM Foreter. Mr. SMITH of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I think everyone who... | |
 | Matthew Kelty - Literary Collections - 1994 - 274 pages
...Thousands of them perish in obscurity, a few are great names. They are sensitive for others as well as themselves, they are considerate without being fussy,...but the power to endure, and they can take a joke. Like in New Guinea years ago, when they began having competitions between schools of different areas... | |
 | William H. Beezley, Judith Ewell - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 320 pages
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 | John Henry Stape - Novelists, English - 1997 - 460 pages
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 | William H. Beezley, Judith Ewell - History - 1987 - 504 pages
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 | Vittorio Lingiardi - Social Science - 2002 - 266 pages
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 | P. M. Forni - Reference - 2010 - 212 pages
...chaos. Thousands ot them perish in obscurity, a few are great names. They are sensitive for others, as for themselves, they are considerate without being...but the power to endure, and they can take a joke. "Sensitive," "considerate, but also "plucky." Forster encourages us to be civil without self-effacement,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...process of creation is itself an achievement, whereas with him the only possible achievement is success. I believe in aristocracy, though — if that is the...but the power to endure, and they can take a joke. I give no examples — it is risky to do that — but the reader may as well consider whether this... | |
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