Writing of this hour, Rolland says: "The goodness, the sincerity, the absolute straightforwardness of this man made of him for me an infallible guide in the prevailing moral anarchy.
The magnificent inspiration that animated them was lacking to the Burgundian, but Breugnon had a genius for straightforwardnessand for sensual harmony.
I came to hear you last Sunday, Mr. Hodder," the young man volunteered, with that mixture of awkwardness and straightforwardness which often characterize his sex and age in referring to such matters.
Even where blows do not cause lying, they always hinder absolutestraightforwardness and the down-right personal courage to show oneself as one is.
Open-heartedness, industry, straightforwardness at home develop goodness, desire to work, and simplicity in the child.
His still-life pictures are particularly interesting owing to the spotless brilliancy of their colours, the straightforwardness of the tones, and the originality of certain shades analogous to those of old faience.
Their straightforwardness and nobility of character do, indeed, deserve my full confidence," answered John De Witt.
Straightforwardness is the distinguishing feature of their administration.
Though the Indians," he writes, "are of a light temperament, they are distinguished by the straightforwardness and honesty of their character.
God, sought the augmentation of the love of God, the enlargement of the knowledge of God and straightforwardnessin the path of God.
I have read thy letter which indicated thy straightforwardness in the love of God and thy desire in spreading this brilliant light among the offspring of the Africans.
In the last ten days he had been made wretchedly uncomfortable by her innocent straightforwardness in accepting Ralph Marshall's attentions.
It may have come from a certain independence of spirit--a love of outdoor things--a straightforwardness and an avoidance of the emotions which most girls enjoy.
Truth and straightforwardness give even lines running across the page and at regular distances from one word to another.
Extreme straightforwardness is indicated in this signature; the letters are all one height and the line of writing is straight.
Well, so she is," went on Precocity, with the abominablestraightforwardness of her tender years.
There was a frank straightforwardness about it which, with a man of his character, was bound to tell.
A premium is set on straightforwardness in business unknown to the old social order.
In trade, too, there has come a straightforwardnessthat is promising, though not yet triumphant.
Moreover, Mr. Cleveland possessed certain qualities of straightforwardness and homely honesty which commended him to a nation wearied of scandalous revelations and the malodorous spoils system.
It has the primary qualities that in all ages have been admired and respected: physical prowess, great energy and vitality, straightforwardness and moral courage, promptness in action, talent for leadership.
This very straightforwardness is the curse of the English character,' answered Nevill.
But that is no reason why Mr Straightforwardness should come and say to me, "Sir, you have a snub nose, not to say a cocked nose.
Why on earth should straightforwardness or any other virtue come stamping on my corns?
There is no country in which straightforwardness and single-mindedness are more belauded than in England, and perhaps none in which they are scarcer.
Hence it is that straightforwardness and sincerity abound more among them.
Honour 'mongst us, my sonny; Had I but tipt the wink a year ago, You might have gone and whistled for your money, And my straightforwardness been spared a blow.
It is incumbent upon everyone to show the utmost love, rectitude of conduct, straightforwardness and sincere kindliness unto all the peoples and kindreds of the world, be they friends or strangers.
How good again in its very straightforwardness and simplicity is the dictum "it is not necessary that we should understand fine poetry in order to feel and enjoy it, any more than fine music.
His faith in the straightforwardnessof any portion of the Palmerston-Russell Ministry was gone[316].
Zwingli's later replies evince a straightforwardness we miss in the earlier ones, but they are marred by much rudeness and coarseness of language, and display throughout a lofty self-consciousness and a triumphant assurance of victory.
The sterner and hardier folk at Granliden (Pine Glen) have a rugged honesty and straightforwardness which, in connection with their pithy and laconic speech, makes them less genial, but no less typically Norse.
Then, again, there is no affectation or cant, but an engaging candor and straightforwardness which bespeak a true man, considering the time when they were written.
There was a breezy, out-of-door air about him, and a genial straightforwardness and affability in his manner which took all hearts captive.
He has frequently told me that he is a great admirer of the English, of their methods of government, and of the straightforwardness and sincerity with which they conduct their business.
You always work with a will, a purpose and a straightforwardness of mental action.
But gradually the lack of consistency in policy and of manly straightforwardness and moral wholeness in method became apparent to all and produced untoward consequences.
And if such was, indeed, the intention of the Great Powers, there is nothing further to be said on the score of straightforwardness or precision.
Another glaring instance of the lack of straightforwardness which vitiated the dealings of the Conference with the public turned upon the Bullitt mission to Russia.
The cold-blooded calculation upon which her family affections seemed to be founded, this aboriginal straightforwardness of hers, passed over him.
I got to think," he murmured; then with the straightforwardness of his age, he suddenly seized his damsel cousin from the rear and held her in a tight but far from affectionate embrace, pinioning her arms.
