"We must not look at the past with……" — E. P. Thompson

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• Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity. — Phillips Brooks
• His great act of condescension in becoming man and His willingness to be completely humiliated in the death on the… — John F Walvoord
• "There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself… — Arthur Conan Doyle
• What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son… — Francis of Assisi
• Wallace's sales agent, back in London, heard mutterings from some naturalists that young Mr. Wallace ought to quit theorizing and… — David Quammen
• Eucharistic worship is not so much worship of the inaccessible transcendence as worship of the divine condescension, and it is… — Pope John Paul II
• My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice… — William Zinsser
• There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has… — Edward Hoagland
• I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they… — Mark Van Doren
• Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the… — Thomas M. Disch
• Good motives aside, white condescension does more damage than good. White condescension says to a black child, 'The rules used… — Larry Elder
• "Nationwide" featured an amazing collection of apprentice impersonators. From all over Britain, schoolchildren materialised via local studios to give us… — Clive James

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