He met with him at the White House three times and once told a colleague that he considered Douglass among the nation's "most meritorious men".
He submitted that it is more meritorious for man to believe in God's existence by faith informed with love than to reach certainty by deductive reasoning.
Is the fact that Silicon Valley billionaires are almost all white men a sign that white men are more meritorious by nature, or is a more likely explanation that they get the opportunities to succeed where others don't?
The original Victoria Cross was created by Queen Victoria in 1856 to recognise incidents of gallantry that were unconnected with a man's lengthy or meritorious service.
There was a growing feeling among the public and in the Royal Court that a new award was needed to recognise incidents of gallantry that were unconnected with a man's lengthy or meritorious service.
"Well, that's fine, but how come there are more men with merit than women?" she continued, adding mockingly, "It seems that men are far more meritorious, you know".
Yet Arnauld also assumed that the man's decision, like any meritorious act of will, was free.
He was a naval veteran of World War II and received the Meritorious Service Award.
"I believe he must have meant meritorious.
/ The city applauded the meritorious mayor.
