Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Christine of the Hungry Heart. A simple story pointing a moral usually gets utterly lost in Hollywood. Too many tears and a bathing party normally indicate simplicity and the moral. Christine, dealing in sincerity, is an exception. It argues the old theme of a man's work and a man's wife, and how much time he should give to each. It takes Christine (Florence Vidor) three husbands to reach her decision...
...Louis and decided it was a success. It pointed out that it had not infringed on the autonomous liberty of action of any of the member churches; it rejoiced that it had been effective in giving weight and publicity to the views which all its member churches shared on moral welfare and the importance of religion. In 1917, a memorable special session united the churches on the War. In 1920, it met at Cleveland, received Protestant representatives from many countries, pointed to its expanded activities in war and peace, took over the moral authority of the expiring Inter-Church Movement...
When asked to compare Shaw and Pirandello, he declared. "Shaw is probably much cleverer than Pirandello, but the latter is more intellectual and serious in his attitude towards life. The Irish dramatist writes his plays with a moral mission in the back of his mind, while Pirandello only wants to give utterance to his defiance of conventionalities...
Besides these books containing Coleridge's manuscript notes, Mr. Perkins' gift makes the Harvard collection of first editions of his important writings very nearly complete. Among these is a file comprising all the issues of: "The Friend; a Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper, excluding personal and party politics and the events of the day. Conducted by S. T. Coleridge, of Grasmere, Westmorland." These papers, dating from June 1, 1809, to March 16, 1810, are of the utmost rarity, and of the greatest importance to any student of English literature at that period...
...Young men and young women are, through force of circumstances, living with less protection from moral temptation than is desirable. It is known that, in some places where men and women students live in the same house, there is very lax supervision and that the frequenting of one another's rooms, both during day and night, is not at all unheard...