Exclusiveness

"Exclusiveness," said the Reverend Poltimore, "has been the salvation of Art, just as the lack of it is proving the downfall of religion.

The Unbearable Bassington 1870-1916 Saki 1893

On such foundations is reared a Theory of Exclusiveness, a feeling that the world progresses by a process of excluding from the benefits of culture the majority of men, so that a gifted minority may blossom.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

Exclusiveness, an essential of apartheid, is a political malady of our country that is making South Africa so diseased a country that it is now as repulsive as

SPEECH TO CEREMONY FOR PRESENTING HIM THE CHRISTOPHER GELL MEMORIAL AWARD 1961

Exclusiveness is a constricting cord that strangles progress.

The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship

Exclusiveness is a concomitant of the state of consciousness pertinent to the personal self, which state is not excluded from the consciousness described as cosmic,

Cosmic Consciousness

Exclusiveness was the very sickness and weakness of the Church.

The Agony of the Church (1917) Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918

Exclusiveness, a feeling that the world progresses by a process of excluding from the benefits of culture the majority of men, so that a gifted minority may blossom.

Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil 1915

Exclusiveness may have some justification in countries, especially when old and well-populated; but for continents like the United States -- or for the matter of that Canada and Australia -- to mistake themselves for mere countries is an intolerable injustice to the rest of the human race.

The Melting-Pot Israel Zangwill 1895

Exclusiveness is too much our Caucasian habit of mind.

The Conquest of Fear Basil King 1893

Exclusiveness is the result of ignorance, but privacy and seclusion may even be better enjoyed in the conditions prevailing here than in our own state of existence, and because of the unlimited power and material to draw upon.

The Ghost of Guir House Charles Willing Beale 1888