The kid couldn't walk into a room without slamming into something, after which his pimply pizza face turned tomato red.

This does not mean that the French, works, composed by rational minds (de l’esprit) are totally devoid of any value or cultural significance. But Madame de Staël obviously prefers what she considers to be the imaginative workings of the German mind to the geometric and analytical penchants of the French mind.

Challenger was the man who came with some cock-and-bull story from South America. What story? Oh, it was rank nonsense about some queer animals he had discovered.

Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and other despicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.