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"Now, there is no way to put an end to monopolies except by the people rising in their might and reassuming their own. "The hypocritical advice of the leaders of the great universities, that the people ostracize the Magnates, has now ceased to satisfy the exigencies of the case.
Competition the way a man threads his way through the men who compete with him would constitute the highest, purest test of a man's sense of spiritual values the real monastery of modern life. All any man can do, all society can do with some people is either to refuse to compete with them, ostracize them, socially and industrially, or clap them into jail.
"I tell yer, everybody dreams on it!" and Tommy was right; everybody dreams of it, though not all call it Thrums. On the whole, then, the coming of the kid, who turned out to be called Elspeth, did not ostracize Tommy, but he wished that he had let the other girl in, for he never doubted that her admittance would have kept this one out.
An all-successful minister who cannot keep his triumph to himself, but must needs drive about in a proud fashion, laughing at commonplace zealous members laughing even occasionally at members who are by no means commonplace, which is outrageous! may it not be as well to ostracize him for awhile? "Had we not better throw in our shells against him?" says Mr. Harold Smith.
It is true that some of the old Dutch inhabitants who sat down to its perusal, expecting to read a veritable account of the exploits of their ancestors, were puzzled by the indirection of its commendation; and several excellent old ladies of New York and Albany were in blazing indignation at the ridicule put upon the old Dutch people, and minded to ostracize the irreverent author from all social recognition.
Something worse than eating with his knife must ostracize a man, and something no greater than spitting on the sidewalk should accomplish the feat at one fell stroke. There is an infallible constancy in good breeding. Like charity, of which it is so largely an exponent, it "never faileth."
What right have they to treat her like a social outcast just because she came out here to me on her own? It's hateful! It's iniquitous! What else could she have done?" "It seems reasonable from a man's point of view," said Monck. "It was reasonable. It was the only thing possible. And just for that they chose to turn the cold shoulder on her, to ostracize her practically.
Even Mable looked at fat Lina disapprovingly. However, in spite of staunch support on the part of her few real friends, Mary Louise felt from that hour a changed atmosphere when in the presence of her school fellows. Weeks rolled by without further public attacks upon Gran'pa Jim, but among the girls at the school suspicion had crept in to ostracize Mary Louise from the general confidence.
If the officers don't catch him in a lie, but his brother midshipmen do, they won't report him, but they'll ostracize him and force him to resign. A youngster with the untruthful habit can find no happiness at the Naval Academy. "He -he's in the next room now," whispered Dan across the few feet of space.
We old fellows who came down along with the pioneers have an immense advantage. I wish you every success." And he meant it. Only when he got home to Mrs. Crego did he come to realize what a horrible injury he had permitted "a young and inexperienced Eastern boy" to do himself. "This connection will ostracize them both," his wife said. He answered a little wearily.
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