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Definition of Selfists
1. selfist [n] - See also: selfist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selfists
Literary usage of Selfists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Sam": Or The History of Mystery by Charles Wilkins Webber (1855)
"And it is such hideous and savage selfists as Loyola, Mohammed, and Nero, that
you, daintily, in set form of speech, name bigots, forsooth ! ..."
2. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1902)
"He was one of the most ardent selfists that ever lived," says Dr. William M.
Taylor, " and as a punishment God left him to himself, and no companionship ..."
3. Private Thoughts on Religion by Thomas Adam (1824)
"Mankind are perpetually at variance, by being all of one sect, viz. selfists.
We are undone by distinguishing time from eternity, and carrying on a separate ..."
4. Men and Missions by William Thomas Ellis (1909)
"Mere culture does not make men either good or altruistic: the worst foes of
fraternity are the highly-cultivated selfists. A knowledge of science ..."
5. Three hundred outlines of sermons on the New Testament (1882)
"... but still the selfists in the land are full of envy toward the sincere followers
of the Lord, and wherever tokens of acceptance with the Most High are ..."
6. Fifteen Years in the Chapel of Yale College by Noah Porter (1887)
"Theists and agnostics, optimists and pessimists, selfists and altruists, all
consent that the manhood which we attain and exemplify is the supreme thing to ..."
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