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gumption
«It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.»
Author: Jessamyn West
(Writer)
| About:
Forgiveness,
Mistakes
| Keywords:
grit, grits, gritted, gritting, gumption, witnessed
«Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.»
«LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some suspicion is cast upon this derivation by the fact that the title was formerly _LL.d._, and conferred only upon gentlemen distinguished for their wealth. At the date of this writing Columbia University is considering the expediency of making another degree for clergymen, in place of the old D.D. --_Damnator Diaboli_. The new honor will be known as _Sanctorum Custus_, and written _$$c_. The name of the Rev. John Satan has been suggested as a suitable recipient by a lover of consistency, who points out that Professor Harry Thurston Peck has long enjoyed the advantage of a degree.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
clergymen, Columbia, Columbia University, conferred, Considering, consistency, derivation, derivations, distinguished, expediency, formerly, gifted, gumption, indicating, in place, known as, peck, pecking, peck at, point of honor, professor, recipient, recipients, rev, revving, suggested, suitable, suspicion, The title, title