this just in: "approbation" lamentably underused word in the 21C

Ralpy, however, knew better.

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived...this is to have succeeded.

-RWE

even though i am not a gastroenterologist,  i know i am not alone in appreciating all those semicolons.