By: Ardis E. Parshall - January 11, 2013 Ethics for Young Girls Young Woman’s Journal, 1900-1901 Lesson 16: Gossip What is meant by gossip? Webster defines the verb as “running about from house to house talking and carrying idle news.” His definition of the noun is “idle and groundless rumor.” Gossip is a disease acquired in the same manner as the disease of drunkenness is acquired. It is indulged in at first almost uncons...
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