A Worse Than Bad Man by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 22, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 16.

A Worse Than Bad Man

By Editor

ONE of those creatures who by a great stretch of courtesy are sometimes called men, has telegraphed to this country that he is anxious to fight slogger Sullivan, unless America has a better man. Well, we are glad to say that America has a great many better men; it is doubtful, however, if she has a worse one. The adjective "good" cannot consistently be applied to such creatures. If one wishes to note comparison in the ascending scale among them, he must begin with the superlative of the opposite of good. Thus: worst, worse, bad.