Word: unjust
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will never surrender!" he cried. "To accede would be to abdicate the liberty of the pen. In submitting to unjust punishment I would consecrate iniquity. Not until I have received formal official assurances from the Government of the Republic will I leave this office...
...Significance. It is not unjust to imply that for Mrs. Wharton's characters the most dangerous weapon of destruction would be a paper cutter. They are fragile figures which resemble" those outlined in fashion magazines for the socially ambitious to cut out. The narrative, as usual in Mrs. Wharton's books, is pursued with neo-Jamesian traps and snares, rather than less subtle hounds and horn. Her methods have not kept pace with her times, her subject matter, her ambition as social observer. Narration by implication, which seemed wise and successful in The House of Mirth, has, after...
...pretty funny making out West Virginia's a "slow" state. But all a gentleman can think after living his lifetime in West Virginia and hearing him talk is that Ohio must be just as bad as they say it is, full of depraved creatures, no account presidents, unjust laws, terrible climate and the Ohio "gang" (Forbes, Daugherty and worse). If he couldn't have fun on Sunday in West Virginia he couldn't have fun in Heaven, and he will never get there either...
...altogether without justification. China, under the old government drew up treaties with 13 countries which bound her to a uniform five, per cent tariff on all goods. As a result they are unable to foster infant industries by protection, or to impose duties for revenue. This is obviously unjust and is a damper to progress...
...life and works of the hair-raising critic-philosopher-poet Fredrich Nietzsche. As a whole the treaties are concise and brief, the style, simple and clear. The book is not a criticism of Nietzsche but an apology and an appreciation. The adverse critics are frowned on as irreverant and unjust. The gaps in the philosophy are filled in, the rough places smoothed over. It is strange to see the disciple swallow the master in a way that old Friedrich never swallowed anyone or anything. This over-adulation occupies a minor part of the book, however. In the main, the author...