It takes a special kind of imbecility to continue contradicting oneself even after the contradiction has been pointed out. From Wordnik.com. [The true origin of "intelligent design" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
But imbecility is still confin'd. From Wordnik.com. [On the Equality of the Sexes] Reference
They are complaining of the "imbecility" of President Lincoln, as they complained of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Secession of Virginia, and the American Civil War] Reference
And we paid that fool Watt and his underlings big money to produce this kind of imbecility!. From Wordnik.com. [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference
Apparently Mr. Barber believes such "imbecility" should continue into the twenty-first century. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But it may have passed for imbecility, or worse, on Mars. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference
The usual remarks prompted by imbecility on such occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Are respectability and imbecility nearly allied, I wonder?. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
This put the blight of moral imbecility on his whole life. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
He has an incurable disease that tends to increase his imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
Miss Burney is quite sensibly frank in her inability to fathom this imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
A settled melancholy was afterwards succeeded by symptoms of permanent imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Insanity or imbecility are seldom the result but more often the cause of such habits. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
No one thought of removing me from the sight and influence of his growing imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
Ann Walden had sunk into positive imbecility -- but Cynthia had kept her faith and love. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
May the good Lord be with us, and deliver us from idleness and imbecility; and especially. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
As for Adams, he can only succeed by the imbecility of his opponents, not by his own strength. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
With imbecility and credulity on the throne, corruption continues to prevail among high and low. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
In Mexico there is a continuance of the imbecility of the government and the agitations of factions. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
During the sway of Puritanism woman was a poor, benighted being, a human toad under the harrow of a pious imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
State troops; and such a comical picture of military imbecility and inefficiency could surely not be found elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Pearl Harbor and Iraq, he feels, demonstrate how otherwise intelligent leaders are drawn toward strategic imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Bacevich's "Washington Rules" and John Dower's "Cultures of War"] Reference
The constitution provided against every probable vacancy in the office of President, but did not provide for utter imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Time laughed at the film's "cheery imbecility," but Variety praised its "aura of authenticity and special historical significance.". From Wordnik.com. [Greg Mitchell: White House Cover-Up: How Harry Truman Edited the First Hollywood Film About the Atomic Bomb] Reference
For instance, tall parents will probably have children taller than either, and mental imbecility is the usual attendant of extreme size. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
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