Word: puritans
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...knot of roots, whose flower and fruitage is the world." Emerson was also a bundle and knot of contradictions. He recoiled against the doctrinal chill and constriction of New England, yet he became a sermon and a prayer. His rhapsodies were lovely and extremist in the way of a Puritan metaphysician: "I am God in nature; I am a weed by the wall." -By Lance Morrow
...acre site along a man-made lake. It consists of a meetinghouse or sanctuary that seats 1,000, a freestanding tower, a parlor for small weddings and other assemblies, a social hall, a youth center and a library with staff offices. It was conceived in the Pilgrim and Puritan tradition of early New England churches, but its form is traditional only in that the white-trimmed gray clapboard and spire convey a sense of historic continuity. The architecture is closer to the modern simplicity of Mies van der Rohe than the baroque intricacy of Sir Christopher Wren...
...Newfane (pop. 1,129), 20 hilly miles from Putney in southern Vermont, the proceedings got under way promptly at 9 a.m. The local grange hall has a fitting Puritan homeliness, all hard-edged monotones except for the American flag near the dais. By 11:45 a.m. 17 of the 22 "articles" on the "warrant" had been discussed and voted on. Municipal officials won 500-an-hour raises. A local rescue squad was granted a $2,291 subsidy...
...repealed in 1681, but Puritan tradition effectively smothered Christmas festivities. Only in the mid-19th century, with the influx of German and Irish immigrants at New England ports, was the Puritan legacy undermined. In 1856, Massachusetts finally proclaimed Christmas a holiday...
...frighten an audience senseless. Proctor may triumph morally or he may not, as the viewer must decide. But Miller holds out no hope for the other victims of Salem's madness, nor any reassuring suggestion that that madness is confined to rage amid Salem's cold, rocky farms and Puritan gowns and breeches. In the sure hands of Diekman and company, the play doesn't need Cambridge's snowstorm, or Harvard's heritage, or even Cabot's dark wood fireplace to strike close to home...