Word: puritanism
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...Gatsby did to the green light on the end of the dock, but for us, like him, it is inaccessible. It represents a certain freedom that we, as Harvard students, find it difficult to grant ourselves. To do so would mean going against the work ethic that Harvard's Puritan founders successfully instilled in cobblestones of the pavement and the bricks of the buildings--and the more modern ethic of mandatory 60-hour work weeks...
...site now known as Cambridge was first settled in 1630 and named Newtowne. Six years later, the Massachusetts Bay Company set aside funding for what eventually became Harvard. In 1638, the town was renamed Cambridge in honor of the English alma mater of many of the Puritan settlers in Massachusetts...
...site now known as Cambridge was first settled in 1630 and named Newtowne. Six years later, teh Massachusetts Bay Company set aside funding for what eventually became Harvard. In 1638, the town was renamed Cambridge in honor of the English alma matter of many of the Puritan settlers in Massachusetts...
...pessimistic about our supposedly irreconcilable differences as Americans. We appear really distinct as a whole from the people of other countries, if you look from outside the United States. Whether we accept it or not, a common popular culture joins us: one of television and the Constitution, of the Puritan work ethic (known so well by Harvard students) and immigration, or diversity and division. Generations are joined by common events (the 1980s, for us students); ethnicities are joined by a generally common acceptance of America as being a multicultural nation. America still is distinctive, still a single nation and still...
...critics alike mistook his distaste for the fantastical as evidence of artlessness. But they eventually began to appreciate the gracefulness and clarity of his vision. "The clothing is extraordinarily important," notes Richard Martin, curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "He is the true American Puritan. Even as his style has evolved over time, it's always about eliminating anything that is not necessary, and always thinking of the garment as being pure as possible...