Word: moral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quite agree with you" said the Duchess; "and the moral of that is-'Be what you would seem to be'-or, if you'd like it put more simply-'Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise...
Presumably with a straight face, they offer, among others, such moral gems as "Don't cram before exams;" "Freshmen, play upon to the sophomore and upperclassmen. . . .ask for advice;" "Don't chew gum insistently" (sic); "Don't bring midget radios to the classroom;" "Don't be bashful about reciting;" "Don't change roommates every week--adjust yourself;" "Leave the bathroom as you ground...
Last week, prompted by Hearstlings, prominent citizens gave out statements for symposiums swatting the barflies. Pastors preached in favor of the campaign, and judges anxious to get their pictures in the paper took it for a text in lecturing defendants. As a moral crusade, it was taking its place alongside such other newsless Hearst favorites as antivivisection, anti-cockfighting and the whipping post for wife-beaters. Before it was over, it might even take on some of the trappings of the political campaigns: front-page stories from Washington, front-page editorials, Hearst-written resolutions for passage by American Legion posts...
Unrealistic Realists. It was an escape of which he was not in the least ashamed. "There is an idea abroad among moral people," he wrote, "that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy...
...ideal which can only be experienced in the recesses of the mind . . . in the silence of the heart. . . . The only way to discover absolute freedom is to become a prisoner. Yield the whole of yourself to something that will circumscribe your life. Then you'll discover freedom. Moral, spiritual, physical...