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Word: immoralist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more gentle season. But alas, the streets bear the scars of the ravages of snowstorms, the trees scream in their gnarled bareness, the clouds continue to obscure the fulgent sunshine. Cambridge does not easily shake the remnants of its most brutal season. We become like Gide's immoralist, neglecting our careers, our families, and our lovers in a hedonistic hearkening to a brighter clime and sunnier shore, where mind and body can relax and regenerate...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: The Wrongs of Spring | 3/27/1975 | See Source »

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