Thoroughly modern in treatment, they are at the same time, full of simple sincerity which invariably characterizes genuine Negro folk-music and are by no means to be confused with the average ' Broadway Spirituals ' which depend for their racial flavor upon sundry allusions to the ' Amen Corner ', ' judgement Day, ' Gabriel's Horn, and a frustrated devil -- with a few random hallelujahs thrown in for good measure.

His claim was therefore `` so highly exaggerated '', the Department concluded, that it `` cast doubt upon his veracity and, consequently, upon his sincerity and good faith ''.

of course, they do not reflect sincerity, but they exhibit a concern to make a good job out of his pious impersonation.

Chosen for a good voice, knowledge of traditional tunes, understanding of the meaning of the prayers and sincerity in reciting them.

He is sarcastic, intuitive, and clever, given to witticisms and light flirtations ( which Catherine is not always able to understand or reciprocate in kind ), but he also has a sympathetic nature ( he is a good brother to Eleanor ), which leads him to take a liking to Catherine's naïve straightforward sincerity.

The Muslim virtues are: prayer, repentance, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, frugality, prudence, moderation, self-restraint, discipline, perseverance, patience, hope, dignity, courage, justice, tolerance, wisdom, good speech, respect, purity, courtesy, kindness, gratitude, generosity, contentment, and others.

Zapata decided that on the surface it seemed as though Madero was doing good things for the people of Mexico, but Zapata did not know the level of sincerity in Madero's actions and thus did not know if he should support him completely.

Having been able to safeguard and maintain the structure of the Imperial State, We are always with you, Our good and loyal subjects, relying upon your sincerity and integrity.

In this letter, Pope John Paul describes the characteristics and virtues that political leadership should require, which are truthfullness, honesty, fairness, temperance and solidarity ( as described in paragraph 98 to 100 ), given that truth extends from honesty, good faith, and sincerity in general, to agreement with fact or reality in particular.

On top of this, where Belize was concerned, he seemed to have been able to sample and appreciate the sincerity, scenery and society of Belize, the environment of the country and the qualities of its peoples at short notice, and so revoked any former will in order to leave his presence and his money for the good of his newly found home.

The letter must have convinced Newton of the sincerity of Montagu's good intentions towards him ; we find them living as friends on the most intimate terms until Halifax's death in 1715.

This was to ensure peace and friendship between the two States, achieving recognition of Fernando VII, discuss with sincerity and good faith all the points in dispute within limits, maintain and keep united to Spain the Spanish possessions in the New World, buy guns, schooners and supplies to help to Spain in its war against the French, and finally, to counter the Bonapartist propaganda in United States.

The sincerity of the good faith effort was widely disputed by the way Bennett acted and by direct quotes from his partner Aubrey McClendon.

" The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self control is equal to all emergencies ; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity ; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another ; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements ; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy ; whose deed follows his word ; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his own ; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.

* Principle of sincerity: According to this principle, the accounting unit should reflect in good faith the reality of the company's financial status.

Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, calling Diesel " a good choice for this role, bringing it sincerity without nobility.

::: Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands of the one part and France on the other, and the duty and interest of the United States require that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent powers:

She tries to convince them of her sincerity and that their son was a good man.

His and his two brothers ' poetry, which focused on clarity and sincerity, produced a following eventually known as the Gong ' an school, the central belief of which was that good writing was a result of genuine emotions and personal experience.

" Howard recalled Chumbley ’ s kindness, generosity and sense of humour: " To outsiders Andrew could sometimes appear to be aloof, intense and serious to the point of obsession … However, if he met kindred spirits of sincerity and honour, who shared his interests and serious intent, he would willingly go out of his way to offer them help and guidance on the Path … In fact he was a natural teacher and, like all good occult teachers, acted as a catalyst in the lives of his students.

However, the desire of unity is expressed by many denominations of Christendom, generally that all who profess faith in Christ in sincerity, would be more fully cooperative and supportive of one another.

Beyond this, Chabad demands pnimiyut ( inwardness / sincerity ): one should not act superficially, as a mere act of faith, but rather with inner conviction.

This makes the sincerity of their faith and their devotion to God ( Arabic: Allah ) all the more evident.

But his name can not fail to brighten the history of ideas in Central America, because he knew how to instill in them ; the power of his sincerity, the passion that inflamed him, and his faith in the future, like men of vision who always think big.

The common custom of placing X's on envelopes, notes and at the bottom of letters to mean kisses dates back to the Middle Ages, when a Christian cross was drawn on documents or letters to mean sincerity, faith, and honesty.

Ras Ali was officially a Christian, but his contemporaries doubted the sincerity of his faith and suspected that he was a secret Muslim ; some modern scholars consider him as indifferent to religion as he was to the problems of ruling his portion of Ethiopia, although Trimingham observes that he attempted to revive the cult of Ahmad Gragn by requiring pilgrimages to his tomb.

In this state of extreme danger, we have no alternative left but an abject submission to the will of those over-bearing tyrants, or a total separation from the crown and government of Great Britain, uniting and exerting the strength of all America for defense, and forming alliances with foreign powers for commerce and aid in war: Wherefore, appealing to the SEARCHER OF HEARTS for the sincerity of former declarations, expressing our desire to preserve a connection with that nation, and that we are driven from that inclination by their wicked councils, and the eternal laws of self-preservation,

Historians have debated Catherine's sincerity as an enlightened monarch, but few have doubted that she believed in government activism aimed at developing the empire's resources, creating an educated elite, and reforming administration.

At the same time, Lord Halifax informed Herbert von Dirksen, the German Ambassador to Britain that his government viewed the talks to discuss the details of the German building escalation as a test-case for German sincerity.

Willis had been a prominent cabinet minister in the coalition government, and many questioned the sincerity of his new-found opposition to Campbell's ministry.

Alternatively the maker of the hard-to-believe statement may add no shit to reinforce the sincerity or truthfulness of their statement, particularly in response to someone expressing disbelief at their statement.

Many contemporary chroniclers doubted the sincerity of Frederick's illness, and their attitude may be explained by their pro-papal leanings.

Churchill delivered a tribute to him in which he said, " Whatever else history may or may not say about these terrible, tremendous years, we can be sure that Neville Chamberlain acted with perfect sincerity according to his lights and strove to the utmost of his capacity and authority, which were powerful, to save the world from the awful, devastating struggle in which we are now engaged.

Furthermore, someone testifying in court regarding another's out-of-court statement may have misheard or misremembered that statement, in addition to possibly having misinterpreted the speaker's sincerity, etc.

In furtherance of these aims, this Fraternity has recognized certain standards of attainment and gentlemanly conduct, expressed in the ideals symbolically represented by the three Greek letters, Delta, Sigma, Phi ; and it shall be the constant endeavor of the brothers who may be called to preside over and govern the Fraternity, or its component chapters, to enforce the precepts of the Fraternity by every reasonable means within their power, and they, and each brother of the Fraternity shall exemplify those principles by conduct as well as enforcement in order that the Fraternity may grow and prosper with honor to itself and that the world may ever be convinced of the sincerity of our purpose.

The items and examples are so sketchy that to decipher them may require more sincerity and curiosity than a non-hacker can muster.

However, a rabbi convinced of the prospective convert's sincerity may allow him or her to follow the process of conversion.

If he can dispense with flattery, he is sure at least of sincerity, and even though the annotation be rude, he may rely upon the justness of the comment.

with a citation that may still serve as a valid summary of Davies ' literary themes, style and tone: " A Welshman, a poet of distinction, and a man in whose work much of the peculiarly Welsh attitude to life is expressed with singular grace and sincerity.

Andrés Bello may be thought to excel Heredia in execution, and a few lines of José Joaquín de Olmedo's Canto de Junin vibrate with a virile passion to which the Cuban poet rarely attained ; but the sincerity of his patriotism and the sublimity of his imagination have secured for Heredia a real supremacy among Spanish-American poets.

Such music may tend to express common ideals, such as high regard for sincerity and intimacy, freedom of creative expression as opposed to the highly formulaic composition of commercial music, and appreciation of artistic individuality as opposed to conformity to current mainstream trends.

Rumors about the sincerity of both his marriage and his concerns about his Jewish ancestry may have arisen through professional jealousy ( William Dubreuilh ( 1857 – 1935 ), first professor and chairman of dermatology in Bordeaux: " On disait de Kaposi qu ´ il avait pris la fille de Hebra, sa maison, sa chaire et sa clientèle, laissant le reste à son beau-frère Hans Hebra.

While Umar ibn Khattab sought the Prophet's permission to kill Balta ' ah, Muhammad said that it was unnecessary, as God may have forgiven all veterans of Badr, and knew the sincerity of his heart.

: Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed ; but which, even when hideous, remain grand: their majesty, the majesty peculiar to the human conscience, clings to them in the midst of horror ; they are virtues which have one vice, – error.