Word: puritanism
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Although Thomas is carefully neutral and steers clear of philosophical or general notions, he illuminates the quasi-religious nature of the whole struggle. In a sense, "the Church, which was to suffer so much in consequence, had paradoxically prepared the way" for revolution through its communalism and "its puritan hostility to competitive instinct.'' Adds Thomas: "The religious character of Spain also made converts to the new collectivism, as it had made the liberals more passionate, less ready to compromise, more obstinate than any other similar group in Europe...
...Coward! Coward!" brays Larry, and withdraws to his bachelor lair, sulking that Shirley is all "thick Puritan malted American milk, not a woman atall...
...past tennis team and team shored up by experienced pitching and sophomore talent. Don't count us out yet," Winthrop's Athletic Secretary Arnold '61 declared. "If Winthrop can mobilize all of its forces, can pick up a lot of ground and catch Kirkland." Margoluis was optimistic about the Puritan golf team--a sport in which Houses have trouble fielding a squad...
Traditionally, he noted, the country has considered education as a consumption good, perhaps more valuable than tobacco, but still to be treated with Puritan restraint. Recently, the tendency to approach education with the attitude of an investor has become more prevalent, he claimed...
...enduring qualities of Massachusetts-the common threads woven by the Pilgrim and the Puritan, the fisherman and the farmer, the Yankee and the immigrant-will not be and could not be forgotten in this nation's executive mansion. They are an indelible part of my life, my conviction, my view of the past, and my hopes for the future...