“ It is none too easy for us poor weak mortals to deny honors and titles whether they are rightly or wrongly conferred upon us. ”
Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry (1927). copy citation
| Author | Sinclair Lewis |
|---|---|
| Source | Elmer Gantry |
| Topic | honor |
| Date | 1927 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300851h.html |
Context
“Gantry--just plain Reverend."
"But I thought your circulars--"
"Oh, that was a mistake on the part of the man who wrote them for me. I've talked to him good!"
"Well, well, I admire you for speaking about it! It is none too easy for us poor weak mortals to deny honors and titles whether they are rightly or wrongly conferred upon us. Well, I'm sure that it is but a question of time when you will wear the honor of a Doctor of Divinity degree, if I may without immodesty so refer to a handle which I myself happen to possess--yes, indeed, a man who combines strength with eloquence, charm of presence, and a fine high-grade vocabulary as you do, it is but a question of time when--"”
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