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soaring ambition

sobbing wail


sober melancholy


social banalities


sociological bearing


soft allurement


solemn emptiness


solid knowledge


solidifying substance


solitary grandeur


somber relations


somewhat scandalized


somnolent state


sonorous simplicity [sonorous = full, deep, rich sound; impressive in
style of speech]


sophistical argument


soporific emanations [soporific = inducing sleep]


sordid selfishness


sorely beset


sorrowful resignation


soulless mechanism


sounding verbiage


sourly ascetic


sovereign panacea


spacious tracklessness


sparkling splendor


specialized skill


specific characteristics


specious artifice [specious = having the ring plausibility but actually
fallacious]


spectral fears


speculative rubbish


speechless surprise


speedy extinction


spendthrift prodigality


spirited vindication


spiritual dazzlement


splendid irony

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Gilbert Chesterton
(1874-1936)
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