Word: purblind
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nevertheless, the irony, though irony can never be explicit, is there: though Scobie thinks of himself as a sinner, he never realizes what his real sin is-purblind selfishness, appalling spiritual pride1. His "pity" carries him to such morally insane heights that he pities his fellow men -and women-instead of loving them; he ends by pitying...
...self-righteous, whose soul search does not reveal anything worth confessing, Father Wilson has prepared a 20-page probe. If anyone can answer all the questions without finding something to own up to, Father Wilson thinks that he must be either "a saint or spiritually purblind." Sample questions...
...each other and of Britain. Many observers felt that they had witnessed one of those rare occasions in history when great bodies of men, after years of misunderstanding and misdealing, had a precious chance for a real meeting of minds-and were prevented from doing so by their own purblind, disputatious humanity...