Word: moralizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Three at least of the speeches made on Friday night compare the present struggle to the crisis of twenty-five years ago. Harvard was on the right side then; ergo Harvard will vote the Republican ticket Tuesday next support the party of "moral principles." In this manner the Republicans assumed the Democratic arrogance with equally amusing arrogance...
...Immigration is injurious to the moral condition of the United States. (a) Our work hourses and prisons are filled by those of foreign extraction.- N. Am. Rev., Jan., 1884. (b) They form the liquor power.- J. D. Strong, "Our Country," p. 42; Compendium of the tenth Census...
...composed of traits inherited from his ancestors. Many ways have been attempted to bring unity into life. The lowest of these is the impulse of selfpreservation, under which the passions balance one another. A different way is to suppress all intellectual and physical life and develop only the moral. Neither of these methods can, however, lead to unity, for this can only be found in divine faith and a life after the teachings of Jesus...
...first session the question "Is a modification of the present modern language requisitions to college desirable," was discussed at length. It was stated that Harvard erred in the moral quality of the French it required its students to read. Professor Cohn replied to this charge in a very able manner and ardently defended the French department at Harvard...
...been an undertone of discontent with the workings of the different teams, which has shown itself in perpetual grumbling and fault-finding. If we expect to win on the athletic field, we must work together, the college with the captains and men. We must give the teams our moral as well as financial support. The moral support is nowhere more needed than at the games or races...