Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...addition, the consciousness that he is exerting a great moral influence is a source of constant satisfaction in a minister's career", Bishop Lawrence went on. "If he is successful, he knows that hundreds of people are leaning on him for support, that he is their leader and adviser, and that he is looked up to and consulted in every crisis of life. A man seems to grow bigger as he progresses into the ministry; the spirit of sacrifice and of service, the constant use of tact and sympathy, give him a new spiritual feeling which makes him rise...
...Italy it was reported that the Mussolini Government has invited Abdul Medjid to reside in Italy or in an Italian possession in Africa. Should Abdul Medjid be upheld as Calif and accept this offer, it would give the Italians much of the moral power of a second Vatican, consolidating her Mediterranean position between Europe's Catholics and Africa's Moslems, and being of immediate advantage in her relations with the turbulent Senussi sect in his Tripoli possessions...
...moral thus far to be drawn from the Ruskay episode is twofold: 1) the risks of conducting a bucketshop are small in comparison with its possible profits, and 2) if you are going to steal your customers' money be sure and get several millions at least...
...last infirmity of noble minds", and stupidity the most coveted of encomiums. In their searching compilations of the biographies of great men, they find that Genius has been largely accustomed to growing up "study free." Napoleon looms out with a colossal capacity for mental vacuity, and the moral is obvious; set a lazy man to catch a dullard. Wellington was notoriously lazy. Blucher, by some mysterious prefiguration, early showed signs of his later forte by earning for himself the sobriquet of the "last-place pupil".--Waterloo was to see him starring in his old position, with Wellington showing that laziness...
...another source. There have been rumors of people who ride up and down in the rear elevator of Widener Library whenever they go to the Reading Room merely for the animal satisfaction of pressing the buttons. This, at least, entails no pecuniary, loss--and better still, preserves one's morals intact. After all, the moral effect of gambling is very little understood. It is not that the gambler, losing his own fortune, borrows from his friends; nor that having won a large sum he hates to tear himself away. The unfortunate fact is that few gamblers can resist the enticements...