Word: moralize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been most favorably reviewed, and criticised. The following is an extract from one of the papers which reviewed the work: "His powers of description are quite remarkable, his language is well chosen, and his knowledge of human nature is profound. The several characters are delineated clearly, and the moral of the narrative is introduced with marked ability...
...incoherent ditties of the fool, the hideous gibberish of Edgar, each in its peculiar tone telling a story of great and unmerited woe,- what a marvelous harmony of discords! When we have seen this play, we do not, it is true, carry away a single definite impression, or a moral expressed in words; but we do feel in our hearts a dumb sense of the hideousness of wrong and of the sanctity of suffering: we feel the weight of the mysteries of this life, and we are made ready for high thoughts. For the office of the Gothic drama...
Princeton has a most perfect system of faculty espionage over the students. Students must obtain a vote of the faculty to enter, must present certificates of good moral character, and must sign a pledge not to join or attend the meetings of any secret society. No class meeting can be held without obtaining the consent of the class officer and making known to him the business to be transacted...
...editorial, which was as uncalled for as it was inaccurate, has only served to add one more to the many burdens and embarrassments against which the crew has been obliged to struggle this year, its tendency naturally being to check subscriptions, and to lessen the cordial co-operation and moral support which the crew have a right to expect from the college...
...found or improvements suggested in the constitution of the Harvard Co-operative Society. That this does not appear to be the case, at least to any appreciable extent, must be gratifying to those gentleman who labored so earnestly and carefully for the success of Harvard's experiment. The moral of this editorial lies in the thought that, had it not been for the energy displayed by a few at the recent crisis in the life of the Co-operative, no such pleasant reflections as these would come to cheer us when we sit cold and shivering in that delightful resort...