Example Sentences

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"I always admire self-respect," said Mr. Fairfield, smiling; "I hold that a man or a club with full appreciation of self-merit can't go far wrong."

From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn

These words are like so many thunderclaps of protest from heaven against every kind and type of self-merit.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore