Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cabinet decision, which took the form of a decree-law, was sent to the King for his signature under cover of a letter which explained that it was "dutiful homage paid to the universal moral sovereignty of the Pope in all Catholic countries irrespective of government policies...
...more pride than a tramp; . . . no more moral sense than a wax figure; no more sex than a tape worm...
There has been trouble, then, for Herriot; and the Alsace-Lorraine side of the case may be stated: "In these two provinces, the general opinion is that, having been faithful to France through the German occupation (1870-1918), the people have a moral right to the free exercise of their religion, both in their Churches and in their schools." Last week, mayors of the Canton of Sarreguemines (Lorraine, near the Saar Valley) telegraphed Premier Edouard Herriot, protested against proposed changes in the laws of the provinces insofar as they affect Religion and religious teaching. They also re- quested the Premier...
Bach. An all-Bach program is a rare and alarming event. To attempt such a thing shows moral heroism and crowning self-confidence. To attempt it successfully shows an amazing talent, a masterly technique. Harold Samuel, British apostle of Johann Sebastian Bach, showed all of those qualities at his first recital in Aeolian Hall...
...perfect and entire, lacking nothing of being absolutely correct astronomy, geology, zoology, biology, geography, ethnography . . . constitutes a leap in literary supposition for which no one can give any reason." 4) Both the Adam-Eve story and the Cain story were ancient folk-tales brought together for certain literary and moral purposes, but without any idea that they should constitute an infallible chapter and an infallible book. "To such a reader [i. e., one who sees the book of Genesis in this light] it does not matter where Cain got his wife...