abstention from labor is the conventional evidence of wealth and is therefore the conventional mark of social standing. From LearnThat.org. [Thorstein Verblen]
This moral abstention is nosing its way down our streets with insidious intent. From Wordnik.com. [Capital Punishment] Reference
The reason for my abstention is a very simple one. From Wordnik.com. [The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures] Reference
As it was, however, the idea of abstention seems never to have occurred to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
"We have a duty to find out if the abstention was a true reflection of her intention," he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But he did none of these things, and his abstention was the sign and measure of his coolness, of his sanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Combined Maze] Reference
Or, is it that course of duties, called abstention from acts, by which an extension of the Soul is to be sought?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
My third party votes generally count as an "abstention" in that race. From Wordnik.com. [Political divide...] Reference
What kind of abstention they say they're favoring, however, is open to interpretation. From Wordnik.com. [Two Cheers for Hypocrisy] Reference
In the event, 16 million people voted for Thai Rak Thai and 10 million voted "abstention" against the government. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
"I don't know what that is, but I hate the 'upward toil' part of it, and the 'abstention' even more. From Wordnik.com. [Success A Novel] Reference
Machiavelli, and in exalting abstention to a system. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
With abstention from all lessons, it will soon cure. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
BP's investors did not seem put off by its abstention. From Wordnik.com. [Battered BP Thinks Twice About Arctic Oil] Reference
The remedy for sorrow is abstention from brooding over it. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The week's end found him a little further in debt, in spite of abstention. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
They typically are found guilty in abstention and refuse to pay out the judgment. From Wordnik.com. ['We Want To Hurt Iran'] Reference
There is no duty superior to the duty of abstention from injuring other creatures. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
O king, tempt me thus, me who have for a long time observed the duty of abstention?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The intelligence which urges to abstention from acts, is that by which one attains to. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
"Then your whole service has been abstention from positive treachery for your own ends?". From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Voter Turnout First of all, a pattern of one sided abstention in voting is very obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Ferguson: 1, 2, 3, Many Tea Parties?: What the Massachusetts Senate Race May Say About the Fall Elections] Reference
Through abstention, Canada has once again refused to take a moral stance against poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Craig and Marc Kielburger: Recognizing the Right to Water] Reference
Morality of righteousness also is of two kinds; addiction to work, and abstention from work. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
This was followed by a complete abstention from any farther opposition to the carrying out of. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Remarks by some of Fini's followers, however, suggested they could seek refuge in abstention. From Wordnik.com. [Berlusconi minister faces parliamentary vote over corruption claims] Reference
The panel voted 9 to 4 with one abstention on a question that asked about the product's safety. From Wordnik.com. [FDA Panel Backs Cymbalta for Chronic Pain] Reference
There are two things here, viz., abstention from injury and injury prompted by righteous motives. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
That Brahmana who never eats till gods and guests are fed, wins, by such abstention, heaven itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
I may add that the same principle of wise abstention from all political discussions still characterize the. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
France is not full of racists -- it's full of people who did not realize the impact of their abstention from voting. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Crisis] Reference
Anyhow, the vacuum created by Macek's surprising passivity and by the Church's abstention - was filled by the Ustashe. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
Explanation of singular abstention is, that business under discussion is Vote on account of Relief of Distress in Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891] Reference
The result of this abstention was that the Lords 'amendments were not persisted in, and the Bill passed the Lords on August. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
Once again mere momentary material interest counseled abstention; precedent was invoked to justify isolation and indifference. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
But what is worse, this means anti-clericalism, and consequently abstention from Sacraments, and a long train of evils besides. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
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