Word: sinning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Tobey exhorted the nation to rise above sin and return to its virtuous old ways, he evoked the faint tinkle of a Salvation Army tambourine. "When the hearts of men and women are touched," he cried, "they take their inspiration from the Master of Men, and then we will have . . . in this nation a nation in which dwelleth righteousness-and before God it is high time." No one doubted Tobey's sincerity; he spoke from the heart. Once, he was so moved by his own eloquence that he burst into tears...
...sin to let the fun begin...
...told his sidekick, Screenwriter Peter Verrill, "it's not a crime to kill an elephant. It's bigger than that . . . It's a sin . . . The only sin you can buy a license for and then go out and commit. And that's why I want to do it before I do anything else. You understand...
Judgment Drums. The rest of the animal kingdom, of course, has to die a little so that Wilson can live, including not only an elephant, but, as bad luck would have it, a native hunter too. As he drives away from the scene of his sin, the African drums drub out a judgment: "White hunter, black heart...
...Freedom from Sin: "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake...