Word: pollyannaism
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...this, it might be objected, is a pessimistic view of the matter; we can hardly be expected, however, to rejoice, Pollyanna-wise, that Curley did not win by a larger majority. We might as well admit that there is something rotten in a state nearer than Denmark...
...book reaches down and stirs up the very dregs of reality. Life may not be like Pollyanna but we can only hope that it is not like Gibbeted Gods. At least a dabbling is made into every well known form of vicious indulgence, of which drinking and drug-using are not the least. There is one touch of sordidness after another, and misery and tragedy to the nth degree...
...meeting of the Harvard Dames will be held tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock in Phillips Brooks House. Mrs. Eleanor R. Porter, author of "Pollyanna," will read selections from her own works. The Harvard Dames will entertain as their guests the Harvard Woman's Club...