Word: moralizers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which he gradually became harder and more self-seeking. Then came the period of disappointed hopes and the bitterness of his last campaign. After that he flung away his personal ambition and to some extent his devotion to party. His life then became a strange mixture of devotion to moral and social reforms and a shrewd promotion of personal interests...
...these three lives that he successively led he sacrificed his health and strength by the most extraordinary exertions. Like LaFollette, he became a victim of overwork. He was nevertheless the greatest moral force...
...customary that the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the M. E. Church, from time to time, take stock of the moral and spiritual assets of the U. S., issue official evaluations thereof...
Does dancing indicate a serious defect in moral fiber...
...Fayette, fitting eulogy of the French historian, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose writings on the U. S., the speaker implied, were quite as able as Bryce's, if not more so. "A nation," proclaimed Bryce's successor, in lofty conclusion, "must believe in itself as a moral as well as a political entity . . . eager pursuit . . . grave problems . . . powerful aids . . . national security and national satisfaction . . . lasting international peace...