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That intangible, elusive but potential thing called "character" forms the gist of editorial advice.
Gist either understood this before he started on his enterprise, or learned it very speedily after.
Here is the gist of a discourse given to the Reconstruction Council in London a year later.
There seemed to me something deliberately fat-headed in the way she persisted in missing the gist.
The lieutenant repeated the gist of this to headquarters, and the message came back: "Better try."
You see there is not even a remote allusion to what constitutes the gist of their whole system.
These tales are translations of the gist of his exploits, as told in the Wide World Magazine.
The two last words contained the gist of the resolution, which was aimed at Senator Douglas.
The steward, deeming it impossible that he could have caught the gist of the case, repeated it.
The gist of the whole matter is that our Federal Constitution is based upon three great compromises.
Buffalo Bill further elaborated his idea, but the gist of what was said has already been given.
Instead, he would make a long statement, and then we would work out the gist of it together.
"I don't mind a corner, as long as you have the gist of it," returned Miss Clinton gratefully.
It preserved as much of the preliminary and the accidental as of the real gist of the matter.
The gist of his proposed reform is expressed in the title of his book, "The Horse-hoeing Husbandry."
I only give you the mere gist of it; it was said with a thousand delicacies, which I suppress.
The custom of exchanging yearly letters, giving the gist of these three annual meetings, was soon instituted.
Human beings can manage, more or less, with human language because we can catch the gist of it.
These services, certainly, constitute the gist of history, and it is these which I have aspired to show.
I gave my two partners the gist of the conversation with the assayer, briefly and without comment.
Such, we may suppose, was the gist of the conversation between the leading goose and the others.
He is a man of judgment, for which reason I report to you, sir, the main gist of his conversation.
The gist of knowledge gained in the past represents skill that has no dependence whatever upon brain memory.
And here we have the gist of the whole matter: man is a vain animal and wants to be admired.
The brain process may often be exceedingly complex, but this simple scheme gives the gist of it.
Much more did Polly say, the gist of it all being an evident desire to soothe her companion's feelings.
"The gist of my whole way of thought," he says again, "is to raise the natural to the supernatural."
Such was the gist of his history, which, as we learned afterwards, proved to be true in every particular.
He did not indeed utter such reflections in such language, but such was the gist of his thoughts.
Insist that the story begin with the gist of the report in each case and never with explanations.
For rumor only gives one the gist of the matter, not the various stages through which it passes.
He did not indeed utter such reflections in such language, but such was the gist of his thought.
That was intended to be the gist of the advice given, though it perhaps was not so accurately expressed.
Milly was certainly right as to the gist of Uncle Silas's injunction, for we saw more of Dudley henceforward.
That at least was the gist of his reply, and I found it to be both intelligent and intelligible.
He read it through twice, then called up the First Commissioner and gave him the gist of the communication.
Yet on the whole I am surprised how well the officers can give us the gist of their subjects.
Gist were suspicious that the Indian was proving treacherous, though neither of them suggested the idea to the other.
Gist, acting with Helm's (now Lewis') broken line, attacked with power, but in turn was driven back.
Marcia murmured some polite phrases while she tried to catch the gist of the conversation on the other side.
After all, there is the gist of the answer to those who oppose a parcels post on anti-centralization grounds.
The gist of the matter is this: you want to borrow one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of me.
No matter now about the sympathy of my phrase; I want you to get the gist of the whole situation.
I had entirely forgotten the gist of our conversation before I left him; he had been thinking of nothing else.
The gist of the Letter seems to be that the worker earns and the capitalist steals his dinner.
The gist of the matter lies, perhaps, in his last sentence, but that point must wait its turn.
Well, the gist of what you tell me is that the thing is settled and there's no use in talking.
It seems to me that the gist of the whole matter is contained in a comparison of these two provisions.
Such was the gist of the revelations made to us, and to them our imagination contributed in no small degree.
I have examined these complicated matters carefully, and the gist of the explanation lies in a remark of James Ballantyne.
One may well despair of conveying in a few rough paragraphs the gist of this quaint, fanciful, brooding charm.
The interpreter conveyed the briefest gist of the white man's words, even as he hastily scrambled to his feet.
The words in capitals express, according to my idea, the gist of the whole matter as regards military men.
That was the gist of my case, and the solicitor suggested that I should enter a plea of insanity.
However, the gist of it is that all our metals, including raw ores, are slowly losing their molecular coherence.
Arthur went, and brought her back the gist of them, lest she should feel herself utterly cut off.
He said other things, of course, but that was the gist of it, and I think we were all impressed.
Here let me pause in my description, and put on record the gist of our conversation concerning the Home of Taste.
And as the classroom lecture and the private prayer stand so contrasted, the gist of the difference is plain.
The whole gist of the chance experience interpretation of animal behavior is that there must be chance experience to build on.
"If we had free trade, it would reduce the cost of living," was the gist of the city consumer's argument.
Gist knows the Indians as few other white men do, and he assures me that they will not return.
The big native had sufficient knowledge of English to enable him to understand at any rate the gist of her rebuke.
It is the gist of the venerable Joe Miller in which the father asks a friend to name his seven-months child.
And with regard to the third article, he omits the word afterwards, which forms the gist of the argument.
It is the gist of the venerable Joe Miller in which the father asks a friend to name his seventh-months child.
In these two propositions lies the gist of State sovereignty, of which all its remotest consequences are only natural developments.
It was quite as though she were pleased beyond belief that he had got at the gist of it all so speedily.
Lastly, let me remind the reader of what I believe to be the real gist and essence of this complaint about horses.
As her vernacular was vile and harsh, it will be as well to give the gist of her evidence in decent English.
It's a long story; the gist of it is simply that I looked up every possibility, and finally gave up in despair.
I am not sure that I well understood or well remember, but something of this kind was the gist of it.
He was concerned only in discovering the idea underlying the stories, the moral gist of them in relation to human development.
It was all in the papers, the whole story was and that is about the gist of what we talked about.
Dorothea told him that she had seen Lydgate, and recited the gist of her conversation with him about the Hospital.
I cannot give the poem at full length, but in parts quote from it, and in part give the gist of it.
And she will not know until I read this will to her after I have communicated the gist of it to you.
Women are potential parasites even if they never become real ones, and this is the gist of the matter we are discussing.
The gist of this shrewd advice was that he should grin and bear it, buy new articles, but never complain.
She gave up all hope of gathering even the gist of the meaning; he seemed to be saying one thing over and over again.
The gist of the Bible, as it had come to me, was what I later came to call the brotherhood of man.
Philadelphia is a central spot (this was the gist of his proposal), so let it be the seat of our federal government.
The gist of the conversation around our dinner table was that they felt the course was a complete waste of time.
That is the gist of Kant's philosophy; and, apart from Kant, it is the vague practical knowledge which experience teaches us.
This was strange, for the gist of the document was to announce the death of one who had been his friend.
Generally the student gets the gist of a book in one reading, as a squirrel the kernel of a nut at one crack.
Dick talked, and he listened, nodding now and then, and endeavoring very hard to get the gist of the matter.
The Savoy Passes are, in fact, the gist of the War; the insoluble problem for Don Philip and the French.
I deeply regret that I made a mistake in the box, but I can give the gist of the treaty from memory.
Linda perceives the gist of the questioning just as she is opening her mouth to reply, and she does not speak.
As she lightly jumped to the ground, she put the gist of her meditations into words: "No," said Rosemary with conviction.
Failing to catch the gist of the remark, Dick turned to see what was wanted of him and lost the fish.
Now in these last two lectures I must try to mark the gist of the history of the next thirty years.
I can imagine that a man in love might find many pretty expressions, but the gist of the thing is the same.
In this little book he has given the gist of the subject in plain language, practically devoid of technical and scientific terms.
We have endeavored to press within the small compass of this book passages which give the gist of Swedenborg's teachings on these subjects.
We shall sometimes use translations, and sometimes I will tell you about the poetry, giving the gist of it as best I can.
To those who know his hand, he stands confessed not only in the general gist and style but in particular phrases.
King acted as interpreter, and I fancy rather cut down the speech in length, but this was the gist of it.
True, that in these charmed moments he talks principally of town topics; and she scarcely comprehends the gist of the gossip.