Word: wrongfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said that the business of the clergy was to deal with sin, righteousness, and judgment--questions of right and wrong instead of with controversial questions on which honest men might differ. The mission of the ministry should be to point the way to things of eternal and imperishable value...
...true liberal as a man who believes in fair play, moderation, and compromise; the sham liberal as a man who puts forward secondary virtues as primary ones. For instance he professes sincerity, open-mindedness, and a forward looking spirit; whereas the actual questions are those of right or wrong, selection, and real imaginary questions. Therefore now is the time to develop a Socratic spirit of critical analysis. Definition is necessary because abstractions govern imagination, and imagination governs the world...
...bond, tried to return half the well earned tip that we gave him. The first-class car that we entered here was clean, and newly and attractively upholstered, both seat-coverings and curtains being of paper fabric, as in nearly all the cars in Germany. To avoid a wrong impression one should say that the returning of tips or their refusal was not found to be a habit, despite the stringent national anti-tipping law; and that most of the cars had dingy and well worn paper-cloth upholstery, and were not very well cleaned. The Sleeper which we were...
...hard to believe that we have been on the wrong track for so many years. We must not overlook the fact that woman labor legislation has a social as well as an economic significance. So when the feminine craze for "equality" goes so far as to throw away all the hard-won advantages gained through years of struggle, it is very like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face...
...average Pupil enters college with very little, if any, idea of what the college of his choice stands for. It is in presenting the true spirit of the college, and in stamping out wrong ideas, ---such as the popular version of the "Harvard" type referred to by the youth headed New Haven-ward--that college publicity can be of service. Propaganda and proselyting to more harm than good in their ultimate results, but sane publicity does a service to both the college and the school. By it a preparatory school boy can judge intelligently what his aim a mater should...