| 单词 | rightness |
| 例句 | In my hand it’s warm, and a sense of rightness heats me from the inside out as I drape it over my head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I was also convinced that those values I was being offered in school were right in the truest sense of rightness, that they were what both the world and God wanted. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She thought she might cry with the rightness of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the desolation of having found the place that fits, the one true place, and experiencing the first heady sigh of rightness before being torn away and cast back into random, lonely scatter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The meeting adjourned with tempers still hot and both sides feeling absolute in the rightness of their position. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They rolled down the homestretch for the first time, and Pollard felt the rightness of Seabiscuit’s stride, the smooth strumming under him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three signals she must feel: the fitness of her body, the rightness of the environment, and the chill of the atmosphere. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A feeling of rightness settles into my bones, like slipping into a warm bath. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They knew that the public at home had doubts about the rightness of the war, and he wanted to reassure them and tell them why they were there. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It had been, he saw now, a war marriage, hurried into because there was no choice and because both of them felt the rightness of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I only knew that there was a certain rightness in life—the feeling you got when you did something the way you knew you should. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a nail-hard strength in her, a lack of any compromise, a rightness in the face of all opposing wrongness, which made you hold her in a kind of awe but not in warmth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She thought of her mom back home in her art studio in Providence, scarred and shorn and still beautiful, full of fierce belief in the rightness of her daughter. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She could feel its rightness in the thrum and heat of her bones. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This does not mean that its rightness was always apparent, although careless historians and scientists often imply as much; it does mean that its rightness becomes incontestable, at least for a period of time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had never doubted the rightness of our cause—but that cause had taken his daughter to the brink of death. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She felt a step removed from the things he believed, and the things he knew, and she was eager to play catch-up, fascinated by his sense of rightness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her entire body felt the rightness of it, her entire body was seized to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Whatever the peculiarities of the first mini-tune, an audible sense of ‘rightness’ emerges through the repetition. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She delighted me so much, with the unexpectedness and rightness of what she did. Claire Danes profile: ‘She has intensity and immersion in the character’ 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z "Unswerving confidence in the rightness of one's cause" … a Spanish Inquisition torture chair from 1676. God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World by Cullen Murphy – review 2013-03-01T17:29:01Z And so it was never suggested that he should sing a song about the might of the American military or the rightness of its international adventures. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z It describes Robertsons's style – its simple rightness: "The door/ to the walled garden, the place/ I'd never been/ was opened/ with a simple turn/ of the key/ I'd carried with me/ all these years." Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson – review 2013-03-24T10:00:01Z He was ultimately a sophist, who liked to convince himself of the rightness of views that were indefensible. George Bernard Shaw and feminism 2011-01-23T22:30:01Z The sense of rightness to his generally moderate tempos came from an easy rhythmic spring that never sounded rushed. Baroque Band ends season with a special performance of Handel 2011-06-03T17:05:20Z But the wrongness of that process is distinct from the rightness of its result, which will give Nicole the freedom she craves and perhaps open doors for Charlie that he never considered. ‘Marriage Story’: Noah Baumbach’s First Feel-Good Movie 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z He was so excited, so overcome by the rightness, the inevitability of his future life that he went out into the back yard of his family home and whacked fly balls until his hands bled. How I knew I could cook: It's easy, if you're born to it 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Although the choreographic rightness of “Barocco” is an illusion — Bach certainly never envisaged anything like Balanchine’s physicality — it’s a persuasive one. New York City Ballet Double Bill at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Oneworld; £20. Buy from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk The three protagonists saw themselves as “living exemplars of prophetic tradition” and for a fortnight subjected each other to mind-numbing speeches about the rightness of each of their causes. Page turners 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Yet somehow it’s thrilling: The wildness of the animals, their freedom and dignity, the powerful agency of nature itself, all confer a kind of peaceful sense of rightness. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z For me, it almost cheapens that sense of magnificent joy, that sense of rightness, to tie it down too closely to creeds and priestcraft. Belief is unnecessary, but knowledge helps 2010-08-25T10:30:00Z In the movies, rightness is easy — punching a Nazi is an applause break. If Donald Trump’s America is Hell, who is Satan? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Where Redgrove's work clanks and steams with spectacular scientific-metaphysical machinery, Shuttle can evoke with the lightest of touches and a faith in the imagination's rightness. Unsent: New and Selected Poems 1980-2012 by Penelope Shuttle - review 2012-12-28T22:55:07Z In later chapters focusing on the doctor, we see a man driven by equally deep-seated ideals, just as convinced of the rightness of his cause as his most strident opponents are. Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z By making us reflect on the rightness of our actions, capital punishment gave birth to virtue. Did Capital Punishment Create Morality? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Such laws created social tiers of existence tied to the rightness of whiteness and the wrongness of blackness. Perspective | Trapped in while dining out: When white people make me part of their show 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Bigelow's absolute conviction in her own rightness is a habit of mind she has had since childhood. Kathryn Bigelow: under fire 2013-01-12T00:01:00Z But the honesty of her singing, the rightness of every phrase, the crisp diction and more make her Mimi deeply touching. Met?s Archive Yields Past Treasures 2011-03-25T14:26:04Z Another hungry law student sits there now, reading doggedly about fairness and rightness, Lady Justice keeping vigil. She Was My World, but We Couldn’t Marry 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Elizabeth, as Gabriel described her earlier, has always been the stalwart, certain in the rightness of their cause if not that of every individual objective. ‘The Americans,’ in Its Melancholy Fourth Season, Was ‘Breaking Sad’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Beyond the varied and engaging ways these works converse with one another, each manages to add a further bit of resonance and rightness to the title. Art in Review: ‘IT’S ALWAYS SUMMER ON THE INSIDE’ 2012-08-16T20:03:38Z There is no logic to it, no reason to be applied, but the rightness of, its sense of spielzeug, is impossible to ignore. Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll 2010-07-15T19:40:00Z Maybe you’ll register the simple rightness of a trip through the desert: the “loose consensus of tire tracks,” the “liquid ripples of heat,” “a crow jabbing at something in the dust.” A refugee in Israel seeks his own kind of justice in the masterful ‘City of Secrets’ 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Production concepts read about in advance have given me the willies by virtue of their seeming perversity, only to bowl me over, when realized on stage, with their much more profound rightness. Young Artists' 'Don Giovanni': Enjoyable music, despite distractions 2011-04-02T16:55:04Z I felt them—the rightness of them—in my solar plexus. Screw the sisterhood! I’d rather screw your boyfriend 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Critics will argue about Dylan’s place in the canon, or about the rightness of bestowing a prize upon a writer whose celebration doesn’t particularly help the publishing industry. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “Essentially everyone, and people in long marriages in particular, described a tangible, often overwhelming feeling, a sense of extraordinary rightness,” says Pillemer. The secret to a long-lasting marriage 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z That joyful rightness, even when sad, pervades “Summerfield Set” as well. A centennial tribute to 'The Divine Mr. Harrison' 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Fashion and beauty brands, recognizing the profit potential and essential rightness of marketing to a broader audience, are starting to hire fuller-figured models. We cannot lie: The cultural significance of Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z It is the rightness of Bill Maher that, to anyone with a more developed sense of compassion, ends up being the most frustrating. Bill Maher’s moral superiority: Grandstanding on Islam and political correctness while tragedy in Paris unfolds 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z He added: “It is almost as if the transgression, secrecy and wrongness must paradoxically emerge in the well-judged rightness and just-so-ness of all its period touches.” Carol named best LGBT film of all time 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z There was a kind of cosmic rightness: two novas exploding together. 2018: The Year in Stuff 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Rather than antagonize the viewer they offer consolation, reaffirming the rightness of their nihilism. A Coming-Out Party for KAWS at the Brooklyn Museum 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z There is a naturalness and rightness about Finzi's word setting where nothing seems to be forced; the musical shape is entirely governed by the poetic sense. Gerald Finzi: the quiet man of British classical music 2011-01-27T23:41:00Z I am confident in this rightness of this uneasy truth. 'The Once And Future Liberal' is a blistering critique of identity politics and a fractured left 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z He stood for the rightness of one’s character, for the idea of being an excellent person as at the heart of being treated equally. 50 Years After Dr. King’s Death, New Lessons for Today 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z In the most important later works, rightness is no longer a given. Leonard Bernstein at 100: Why the music world is making this the Year of Lenny 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “The show was proof of the rightness of this,” says Keillor. Chris Thile: Radiohead would be 'dream guest' on A Prairie Home Companion 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z So both sides argue past each other, interminably, each convinced of their rightness. How to pick (and stop) an argument 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z In the rightness of her own position, she finds no room for tolerance. 'Father of the Rain': the primal desire for a parent's love 2010-07-22T21:42:00Z Throughout the book, to emphasize the rightness of her polemic, Jacoby, who turns 65 this year, discusses her mother and grandmother and famous people and not-so-famous strangers. 'Never Say Die' examines marketing of the myth of a golden old age 2011-02-16T23:37:59Z The stereotype of the cruel, depraved Arab has long been propagated by Hollywood, which has traditionally set the supposed otherness of the east against the virtue and rightness of the west. Political Mother 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z “When she called to tell me she got the role, there was a certain rightness in the world,” Brent Wagner, who recently retired as chairman of the University of Michigan’s musical theater department, said. New Star of ‘The Prom’ Sees a Chance to Make L.G.B.T.Q. Characters Visible 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z By contrast, in her first article for The New Yorker, Kael wrote that catching an old movie on television allows us to confirm our own “rightness.” The Film That Yields Nothing on a Second Viewing—or a First 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z A version with grated carrots and cilantro came next, inching closer to rightness but still somehow lacking. How I became the keeper of my mother-in-law’s spinach rice recipe 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z They are about humiliation and about notions of rightness. Joan Didion Revisits the Past Once More 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z The overwhelming sense was of humiliation, that friend and precursor to moral rightness. Jokes and Shame, from Chris Rock to Donald Trump 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z I write this from inside of my first year of marriage, not to Erik, but to a man whose rightness felt as obvious on the surface as it did in the core. ‘Crushes Thrive in Small Spaces’ 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The rightness of practically every gesture inspired a certain awe; at no point did the music seem motivated by any agenda but sheer delight in sound. Music Review: A Composer Left Out in the Cold 2011-03-30T22:27:30Z But the real rightness was something more important. Steve Reich at 80, his finger on the pulse of a bewildered country 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z So there is wrong that is right, and that is better than rigid rightness that is wrong. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z It is at the heart of the "inquisitorial impulse": an "unswerving confidence in the rightness of one's cause". God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World by Cullen Murphy – review 2013-03-01T17:29:01Z The trick with this parlor game is to separate one's adoration for a given picture from the relative aptness, poetic beauty or comic rightness of its title. Titles that take 2011-02-10T20:35:47Z Gesticulating across from an American flag mounted above her desk, Ms. Silverman said there are enough comedians on television, sure of their rightness, explaining why their opponents are wrong. Sarah Silverman Wants to Pop Your Bubble 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The crowd swells, assuming its inflating mass is proof of its rightness, its invincibility. Review | A.D. Miller’s ‘Independence Square’ imagines how one diplomat tried to secretly manage Ukraine’s revolution 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z By showing us the past, it allows us to see things in our present that we’re too certain of our rightness to notice. Why ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ Matters Now 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The two sides disagree ferociously with one another on the moral rightness of the film, and the noble qualities of the Kyle character. 'American Sniper:' What if both sides are missing Eastwood's point? 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z And yet he absolutely owns that profile, with an offhanded authority that speaks to his rightness for the part. Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z Ray’s answer, and the key word for his legion of curatorial and academic fans, is what he calls “embedment”: a kind of ontological rightness, an implantation within a certain space and time and society. Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z There is only the overwhelming sense of total immersion, of buoyancy, of well-being, and of the instinctual rightness of stroking through dark silky water, which on some days would throw us about like an ocean. Swimming with Oliver Sacks 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The songs were sharpened by the parameters of live performance, sometimes drastically: “Lunatic,” written in response to the 2012 mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., feels overdetermined on the album but had a gnarly rightness live. Review: Bilal Brings Far-Out Viewpoint to This Life and His Show 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z And yet I wrestle with a strong sense of rightness and propriety and a belief in high academic standards. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z But then again, rightness and wrongness aren’t the point: The point is sheer enchantment. ‘Keeping an Eye Open’: Julian Barnes’s enchanting essays on art 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The real pity here, though, was not that a critic’s sense of rightness was thwarted but rather that an explosive display of virtuosity, imagination and wit was seen and heard by so few. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z But Matisse’s distortions had such a quality of rightness by this stage of his career that they lodge effortlessly in the mind. Baltimore loves Matisse. That’s one more reason to love Baltimore. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s easy to fall into fussing about all this, but what I’m really after in the research is a zing of rightness, a thrill, the charisma of fact. Salvatore Scibona on the Difference Between Fiction and History 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “There’s a number of us who feel strong and certain about the rightness of this cause, others are more persuadable,” Moran said. Mitch McConnell, standing apart in a changing GOP, digs in on his decades-long push against Russia 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z “The one way to preserve and defend a place’s rightness is to inhabit it, intimate, knowledgeable, and vigilant as can be.” A bestselling Montana author's magnum opus nearly broke him. Then it saved his soul 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Why contend that you’re right if there is no standard of rightness to prove I am wrong? Ask Dr. E: How to argue the knowability of something that, by definition, can’t be known 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Fascism was, among other things, a cultural movement that found in “scientific” racism a profoundly compatible doctrine: the “scientific” proof in the rightness of the racial nation’s rise to power. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In statements shared by Ms. Luo, which she said the men had dictated before their trials last year, Mr. Xu and Mr. Ding expressed conviction in the rightness of their actions. China Sentences Leading Rights Activists to 14 and 12 Years in Prison 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Let’s stop the need to persuade him of your rightness. Advice | Our teen keeps immediately checking texts. How do we stop him? 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The primary goal is the necessary rightness of refusing to be mistreated. Advice | Carolyn Hax: What kind of friend gives a weight-loss book as a gift? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z In the early 2000s, the findings of the Human Genome Project underscored the rightness of that course. World’s largest body of human geneticists apologizes for eugenics role 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Directly addressing soldiers in Ukraine, the 70-year-old leader praised their efforts since the invasion was launched in February, and told them that "historical rightness" was on their side. New Year: Countries around the world celebrate after Covid lull 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z He presented the invasion of Ukraine's sovereign territory as "defending our people and our historical lands" and said "moral, historical rightness is on our side". Ukraine war: Zelensky tells Russians - Putin is destroying you 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z We are looking literally right now on Twitter at someone who will not countenance any sort of challenge to authority, or the rightness of his positions, or the idea that he could learn something. "Poison Ivy" author Evan Mandery: "Elite colleges are harmful to society" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Like a kid watching an episode of “Law & Order,” you can’t help but get swept up by the “rightness” of it all. Why is Ralph Lauren so good at ‘prep?’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Unlike the civil rights activists of the 1960s, they did not proudly march into jails, certain of the rightness of their cause, eager to use the moment to explain what they had done and why. Opinion | Why I’ve stopped fearing America is headed for civil war 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z But he’s unapologetic, and still believing in the rightness and righteousness of himself. ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ review: Wearing a smile while falling from grace 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z For utilitarians, which consequences must be considered when determining the rightness of an action? Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z I have faith in both the rigor of Orenstein's research and the rightness of her impulses when it comes to female-identifying kids and the many crosses they continue to bear. Is "Disney Princess Culture" messing with our daughters? 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z “Nagaenthran was found to have clearly understood the nature of his acts, and he did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or wrongness of what he was doing,” the ministry said. Singapore Executes Drug Smuggler Despite Concerns Over Mental Disability 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z In an earlier statement, the government said they found he "did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or wrongness of what he was doing". Nagaenthran: Singapore executes low IQ Malaysian man on drugs charge 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z We can’t have a world that turns on the rightness and wrongness of calls.” Escalating threats, abuse driving referees out of youth sports 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Applied ethics an area of ethics that focuses on the application of moral norms and principles to controversial issues to determine the rightness of specific actions. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It’s much tougher to demonstrate the rightness of your ideology when, increasingly, you don’t seem to really believe in it yourself. Opinion | Putin thinks he can win a new Cold War. He may be right. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z She immediately felt an unmistakable rightness to it all: “I could finish their sentences! They could finish my sentences! We talked each other’s language! It was not a room of strangers. These were my people.” How a struggling socialite convinced the world alcoholism is a disease 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z He comes across as an impassioned evangelist who believes in the rightness of his own view. Yeshivas are mostly places where Orthodox men study the Torah. A D.C. rabbi wants to change that. 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z But the Singapore government remains steadfast, saying the 33-year-old "clearly understood the nature of his acts and did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or wrongness of what he was doing". Last rites rights of condemned around the world 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Ross also thought Mill was wrong to assume that rightness is reducible to simply the production of good, just as Kant was wrong to assume that moral rules are absolute and never admit any exceptions. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z But the Singapore government said he was found to have "clearly understood the nature of his acts and did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or wrongness of what he was doing". Nagaenthran Dharmalingam: Family prays as man with IQ of 69 to be executed 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z But Singapore's government said he "clearly understood the nature of his acts and did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or wrongness of what he was doing". Nagaenthran Dharmalingam: Singapore halts execution of man with low IQ 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z “Nagaenthran was found to have clearly understood the nature of his acts, and he did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or wrongness of what he was doing.” Singapore is set to execute a mentally disabled man for trafficking 1.5 ounces of heroin 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Your beauty signifies the rightness of the coming transition, its aesthetic balance; your flexibility, empathy and intermingled whiteness comfort those who fear the loss of place or privilege in the coming demographic shift. The Secret Toll of Racial Ambiguity 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z When an agent evaluates the moral rightness of an action, they consider the happiness of all affected by the consequences. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It was clear that Meyer had come to believe in his own inherent rightness — in ways both trivial and weighty. Perspective | Urban Meyer’s control, like his Jaguars tenure, is already wavering 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z He was statesmanlike, cerebral, more inclined to win you over with the obvious rightness of his cause. Opinion | The last act in Cuomo’s father-son tragedy 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The moral rightness of the left’s vision is undeniable. Opinion | The progressives are right about foreign policy, too 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Within his rectilinear framework, Mondrian arranged colors — usually red, yellow and blue along with black, white and gray — to construct images that, still today, give off a feeling of astonishing lucidity and “rightness.” Perspective | There’s rhythm in this Piet Mondrian masterpiece. Is there also code? Care ethics uses the caring relationship as the ethical paradigm and thus highlights the importance of subjective and concrete factors when evaluating the rightness of certain actions and choices. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z “I have to say this. We have patience, responsibility, professionalism, confidence in ourselves and our rightness, as well as common sense when making any decision,” Mr. Putin said, according to the Russian news agency TASS. Putin threatens ‘harsh’ punishment if West crosses ‘red lines’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z And to not really get into the rightness or wrongness of it, to find some kernel of truth. Psychologist Joshua Coleman: How to contend with estranged family members 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z From Trump, no judgment about the rightness and wrongness, the decency, dishonesty or viciousness of QAnon. Opinion | Trump’s QAnon dodge is a sickening reminder of the man he is 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z He should affirm the rightness of the protesters’ cause — that black lives matter. Opinion | For Trump, the Portland protests are a dream come true 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Only the scope of consequences should be considered when assessing the rightness of an action. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z “I’m not trying to comment on the rightness or wrongness of capital punishment,” said Dr. Joel Zivot, one of the medical professionals who signed the letter. Doctors: Execution drugs could help COVID-19 patients 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The rightness of these men’s cause is presented as self-evident. Review: ‘Escape From Pretoria’ hits the mark as apartheid-era prison thriller 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z “Not the absolute rightness, the congruence, between author and subject, that I felt with the first paragraphs of Wolf Hall,” she says. Hilary Mantel: ‘I’ve got quite amused at people saying I have writer’s block. I’ve been like a factory!’ 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z “With respect to the rightness or wrongness, I’m agnostic,” Dr. Zivot said of capital punishment. Afraid of Lethal Injection, Inmates Are Choosing the Electric Chair 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z We attempt to determine the rightness of some specified action through moral deliberation and the application of ethical principles and norms. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z But it doesn’t spark that ineffable sense of satisfaction and rightness that well-crafted physical objects can. Motorola Razr review: folding flip phone flops 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z "Regarding selection bias, we'd be concerned if those who enrolled and those who chose not to participate differed on outcomes like decision rightness," she said. Pro-life leaders rip 'inherently tainted' research purporting to debunk abortion 'regret' 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Ultimately, conservatives are being entirely consistent about one thing: a bedrock belief in the rightness of patriarchy. Katie Hill and the massive double standard: A Democrat quits over sexual misconduct 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The rightness or wrongness of a president’s actions are all but immaterial in these matters. ‘Deserve’s got nothing to do with it’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Applied ethics focuses on the application of moral norms and principles to controversial issues to determine the rightness of specific actions. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It didn’t dim their righteousness or dissuade them of their rightness. Opinion | Hate Is So Much Bigger Than Trump 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z I think Morris once described it as, "convinced of the rightness in his own decisions." Was Donald Trump like Teddy Roosevelt? 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Thomsonʼs association of the dissertation both with a searchlight and with an iceberg has a rightness to it. Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and “The Making of Americans” 2005-06-06T04:00:00Z But it’s not only its generic elements and sporadic listlessness that hampers “Red Joan,” it’s that the film’s attempts to convince us of the rightness of her actions don’t succeed either. Review: ‘Red Joan’ presents Judi Dench in a morally complex role 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Applied ethics focuses on the application of moral norms and principles to controversial issues to determine the rightness of specific actions. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Its simple rightness speaks to the Uighur appetite for sweets. Review: At Dolan’s Uyghur Cuisine, a taste of northwest China's cultural crossroads 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z In the MoMA catalogue, Storr quoted him as saying he wanted his viewers to enjoy “an experience of delight, and well-being and rightness.” Robert Ryman, abstract artist who made white paint his medium, dies at 88 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z According to players and coaches, that adversity and the franchise’s response to it cemented the rightness of McVay’s methods — and through it all, the Rams kept winning. ‘We Not Me’ epitomizes Rams’ team-first culture under McVay 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z According to players and coaches, that adversity and the franchise’s response to it cemented the rightness of McVay’s methods - and through it all, the Rams kept winning. ‘We Not Me’ epitomizes Rams’ team-first culture under McVay 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Deontology focuses on duties or rules to determine the rightness of an action. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z This enclave understands that, so they want a citizenry who is educated, who is prepared to hold on to goodness, who can defend rightness against whatever those forces that bring plagues like genocide. Rivers Solomon on colonialism, the apocalypse, and fascinating fungus 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z In short, Trump has succeeded too well in convincing Republicans of the rightness of his position. Trump’s base a blessing and a curse in shutdown 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Her point about the primacy of moral rightness cannot be emphasized strongly enough, and is in no sense opposed to making sure you get the facts and figures right. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. the establishment: Which one has the real problem with truth? 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z He is still an episodic conductor, but episodes follow with a sense of rightness, and audiences happen to listen more episodically these days anyway. Review: The indomitable Zubin Mehta, back with the L.A. Phil with something to prove Phil and magnificent Master Chorale embodied Ives’ ideal with an irrefutable rightness. Review: Ives' 'Holidays' at the L.A. Phil, but not those holidays 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z All of which simply goes to say that her Olive Chancellor is a great and unforgettable portrait, and that to a degree, its rightness pulls the film out of balance. Review: Proper portraits in Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala's 'The Bostonians' 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z But there was a profound and encouraging sense of rightness, of fittingness, at Bush’s death. Opinion | George H.W. Bush’s life proves that, sometimes, things go gloriously right 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z She says of Wilson: “When he was convinced, as he often was, of the rightness of his cause, he regarded those who disagreed with him as not just wrong but wicked.” Opinion | What would the ghosts of 1918 tell us about the perilous world today? 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Nothing confirmed the rightness of American Jews’ bet more than the destruction of European Jewry. Perspective | American Jews always believed the U.S. was exceptional. We were wrong. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The books covered here are witty in different ways, but all three share the quality of unexpected rightness. 3 new speculative-fiction novels with wit, unexpected truths 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Trump, by definition, cannot be wrong: Popular support is proof of his rightness; popular disapproval confirms the insidious influence of the “fake news.” Review | I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Describing the pleasures of marksmanship, she observes “There comes a holy rightness after a bull’s-eye, and the first one is a downright revelation.” A gender-bending tale of the Old West, told in comfortable, burnished prose 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z We are evangelical about the rightness of our own opinions, apparently. Millennials, more face time could save our lives | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z When outrage comes too late to do anything but prove the outraged person’s rightness, it’s “wasted outrage.” News of an ‘Outrage’ Used to Mean Something Very, Very Different 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z "Or right," says Our Howard, who is more upbeat, and more innocent, and needs to believe in the rightness of his mostly lived life. Starz's new thriller 'Counterpart' gives J.K. Simmons two worlds in which to blow our minds – LA Times 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The extent of the abuses confirmed to Dr. Raines the rightness of what he and his collaborators had done. John Raines, accomplice in 1971 burglary that revealed FBI abuses, dies at 84 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z But Naomi’s overconfidence about the moral rightness of her goal is a curse that she is too self-involved to recognize. An excellent tale of deadly intrigue on a Greek island 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z A whistle-blower's belief in the rightness of his or her action must be strong enough to overcome the hazards of speaking out. What makes whistleblowers speak out while others stay silent about wrongdoing 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z At the same time, he doubts his convictions, his rightness to serve as a campus or community leader when beset by these inner demons. Opinion | What it means to be a Muslim in the West 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z And it’s heartening to realize that Washington’s faith in posterity was well placed — more people today believe that he chopped down a cherry tree than that he doubted the rightness of the Revolution. The fake news that haunted George Washington 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Presenting Joan as a star, and the audience as her implicit fans, would also coax theatregoers into believing in Joan’s rightness of purpose, at least while they sat in the darkened theatre. A Protest Musical for the Trump Era 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In many ways, Ms. Alhassane is a perfect example of Sweden’s long-held belief in the rightness of sheltering and helping to support migrants and refugees. Sweden, Nation of Open Arms, Debates Implications of Immigration 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Colmes confessed that, unlike Hannity, who sincerely hoped to persuade audiences of the rightness of his view, he saw limits in the power of their parrying. Alan Colmes, co-host of ‘Hannity & Colmes’ and liberal in ‘lion’s den’ of Fox News, dies at 66 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z They are a guard against becoming so convinced of the rightness of our own political opinions—wherever they are on the political spectrum—that we lose touch with each other. Some Words to Remember at a Time When America Feels So Divided 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Every day, Mrs. Clinton and the Democrats confirm the rightness of the outcome of the election. Legacy media fakery 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z It aligns with the idea of rightness — even in art the very question of completeness is driven by the market. The Phrase One Artist Lives (and Works) By 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z He was convinced of his own rightness and proud of what he was doing, but not in the least satisfied with it. Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa talk music, art and creativity 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Kagan said Scalia displayed “his brilliance, his wit, his good cheer, and, well, let’s say his confidence in the manifest rightness of all his opinions.” ‘One of the most important Supreme Court Justices ever': Justices, academics dedicate Scalia Law School 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The COJ refused to get into the rightness or wrongness of same-sex marriage, and focused on Moore’s conduct, his comments about matters before his court and, especially, his prejudicial conduct and lack of impartiality. Alabama editorial roundup 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Even her fiercest critics were in awe of the woman, and the rightness that she claimed. How migration to cities mars their future 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The rightness is in the process, even if it doesn’t match up with my plans. The Phrase One Artist Lives (and Works) By 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z We’re educated in a model that demands certitude, confidence and rightness. Doctors Getting 'Pimped' 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z But his rightness is more complicated: Rock is dead, in the sense that its “aliveness” is a subjective assertion based on whatever criteria the listener happens to care about. Which Rock Star Will Historians of the Future Remember? 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It is articulated in his insistence on the rightness of torture and the acceptable murder of noncombatants. The Dangerous Acceptance of Donald Trump 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Civil War isn’t about the rightness of their causes, it’s about the disaster of them both letting their emotions override their intellects. Captain America: Civil War — a spoiler-filled post-film chat 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Have the confidence to challenge them, the confidence in the rightness of your position. Read Obama's Commencement Address to Howard University 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Wright never doubted the rightness of the violent defeat meted out to the miners, and when the prosecutions collapsed adamantly denied any malpractice. Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “It’s not about fairness. It’s about the Celtics, and the rightness and wrongness of what is being done to them.” Celtics’ Tommy Heinsohn Is Forever Green 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Fashion may be quixotic, but there are some things you don’t argue with: Mrs Prada’s genius, Karl’s Edwardian collar preference and the stone cold rightness of Nova magazine. The big reveal: deconstructing the slip dress 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z He says organized religion — Christianity as well as Islam — has “gone off the deep end” and political candidates who emphasize the rightness of a certain faith turn him off. Meet the ‘Nones,’ the Democratic Party’s biggest faith constituency 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z This is the polished and professional political rally of the true believers, ecstatic in their fervor and their belief in the rightness of their cause. The special hell of a Ted Cruz rally: What it’s like to spend an evening with the GOP’s oiliest operator 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The rightness is as good a justification as any of the benefits, the necessity even, of knowing how to look through the eyes of a writer. The Joy of Psyching Myself Out 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z But by early May, he was apparently convinced of the rightness of his actions. Man tied to cartoon contest attack accessed Islamic State list, authorities say 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z “The only point of Ted talking to you was to convince you of the rightness of his views,” Leitch said in the same Daily Beast piece. Ted Cruz is just like his clothes: carefully thought out, ill-fitting and unlikable | Cindy Casares 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z That he’s at all unsure about the rightness or wrongness of his actions — that anyone could be — is a terrifying kind of ignorance. On Jessica Jones, rape doesn’t need to be seen to be devastating 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Too many modern politicians, convinced of their rightness and certain that opponents have shabby intentions, have a narcissist streak. The narcissism trap 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Netanyahu regularly embraces bad ideas or even lies so totally that he convinces himself of their rightness. Can Netanyahu say just what he likes? | Dahlia Scheindlin 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Is it “rightness”? Do we want it to function as a kind of moral police? Parsing the Utley Play 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Every war does, but these tragedies and challenges do not detract from the rightness of our cause.” The last throes of Dick Cheney 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z They’re not driven by the need to be “successful” or “rich” or “famous,” though they would indeed welcome that affirmation of the rightness of their cause. Do Nice Guys Finish Last? Five Lessons From Apple, Tesla, And Volkswagen 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Without getting into the rightness/wrongness of this situation, what’s clear from the brouhaha is that this whole mess was more about soft issues and leadership styles than the quarterly P&L. Leadership Styles Are Often Why CEOs Get Fired 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Conference attendees seemed well aware of their status in the scientific community, but many said the attacks only confirmed them in the rightness of their cause. Climate change annual conference provides skeptics a ‘safe zone’ 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z And eventually the world came to recognise not just the courage but the profound rightness of his achievement. The world came to recognise the courage and rightness of Ornette Coleman 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z But his own belief in rightness, morality, and good, even in the face of an unfair world, is communicated to his kids—and to the world. These Are 30 of the Best Parents in Literature 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until Smallville that we saw the first incarnation of the characters as a corporate CEO convinced of his own rightness. Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor Revealed In 'Batman V Superman' 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Your body is a better barometer for the rightness or wrongness of things going on around you than your conscious brain is. The Truth About Workplace Discipline 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z This is a reminder of the rightness of a proposal by Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks. Alabama editorial roundup 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z It takes time to realize that a work’s oddities submit to an over-all, exacting rightness of form. The Timely Sculpture of Rachel Harrison | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z And some of his greatest truthtelling is directed at the institution of marriage, whose social and moral “rightness” Mommy insisted on. Edward Albee’s Bad Marriages 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z “The whole aura of Ole Miss football — that name and the Confederate flag and singing and playing ‘Dixie’ — propped up the mythology about the rightness of white power. 1967 Game Between Jackson State and Grambling Made History 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z The hard truth remains that in a democracy you must convince enough people of the rightness of both your cause and your remedy. On Ferguson and the purpose of protest 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z “By instinct and habit, I was more interested in the whatness of the war rather than in the rightness or wrongness,” he wrote in his 1995 memoir, “A Good Life.” Postscript: Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014) 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Did she ever question the rightness of standing by her man? Anne Sinclair: ‘It was a sort of violence… but I’ve rebuilt my life’ 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z There has always been—and I fear always will be—those in almost every religion who seek to impose their “rightness” on others who disagree through various means, including torture and murder. The Duck Caliphate Of Phil Robertson 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z For Jews, Muslims and Christians, God is invested in the health and rightness of human social relations. Praying for peace and justice in Ferguson For far too long, Evangelicals have preached a Gospel that says if you come to Jesus that you will find shalom, satisfaction, health, wholeness, rightness, certainty, a foundation, clarity, abundance, and direction. Christianity Can't Replace My Zoloft 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z "And now, thanks to your passionate advocacy and the irrefutable rightness of your cause, our government - of the people, by the people, and for the people - will become just a little bit fairer." Obama signs order barring federal discrimination against gays 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z When that happens, leaders become emotionally connected to proving the rightness of a decision, rather than the consistent rightness of a course of action. Choosing To Lead Innovation 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Finally, is there a “rightness” to being free from this job that allows you to pursue what you really long to do in the world? Been Fired or Laid Off? Seven Destructive Responses To Avoid 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The ball has since been standardized at 1.68 inches in diameter, or a little less than half the size of the hole, and there seems to be a Platonic rightness about this roughly 2-1 ratio. News Analysis: A Birdbath-Size Hole and the Future of Golf 2014-04-26T19:47:09Z Men who started wars, persecuted minorities, or murdered civilians gained a new confidence in the rightness of their actions. Charles Darwin’s tragic error: Hitler, evolution, racism and the Holocaust 2014-04-19T18:00:00Z Although it was strange, the idea gave me an enormous sense of rightness. Louise Erdrich: “The Big Cat.” 2014-03-24T04:00:00Z More difficult than evaluating the moral rightness or wrongness of the act is the question of punishment. Surgeon's mark raises ethics issues 2013-12-27T10:55:49Z “There is rightness that is coming from the ranks,” Rickard said. Feeling besieged, tea party groups prepare for policy battles 2013-12-18T02:19:22Z He was from a generation of Marxist idealists who believed completely in the rightness and irresistibility of revolution, whatever the human cost. What did General Giap mean to Vietnam? 2013-10-14T11:24:28Z "I did not question the rightness or wrongness of using this word, because I understand that this is a political term," she says. Uzbekistan first sisters at war 2013-09-26T23:35:36Z “One tendency is to say, well, the march was about affirming the moral rightness of racial equality, and that was totally done so it was a great success,” Professor Jones said. A Time to Return to and Reflect on the March on Washington 2013-08-23T15:56:47Z Trying to convince someone else about the "rightness" of your position only means trying to create a situation where you are perceived as superior and the other person as inferior. Comment threads? They're a fight to the death. Look, you know I'm right 2013-07-29T09:00:00Z An aide to the Republican leaders, who would not be identified, said Mr. Lew is viewed as “a classic big-government liberal” who all but lectures to the Republican leaders about the rightness of administration positions. Lew to Complete Change of Obama’s Economic Team 2013-01-10T18:23:03Z “If our rightness is not so absolute as it now seems to us, no more is Argentine wrongness,” he said. Memo From London: Argentina’s Call for Return of Falkland Islands Causes a Stir 2013-01-05T23:42:19Z "The point is there is so much science that underpins the rightness of this approach." Andrea Leadsom: lobbying for more support for parents and children 2012-11-27T15:30:01Z Each is sure of himself and of the rightness of his views, though Mr. Obama is widely seen as more pragmatic while Mr. Ryan is proudly, conservatively ideological. Obama and Ryan, From Potential Partners to Rivals 2012-08-13T02:34:04Z It leads to endless wrenching debate about price, copyright, ‘intellectual property’, the moral rightness of casual distribution, because each round of new devices makes the tension worse, not better. Google Will Fight Piracy Through Search Results, But Will Leave YouTube Unscathed 2012-08-12T14:18:27Z Belief in inherent morality — Members believe in the rightness of their cause and therefore ignore the ethical or moral consequences of their decisions. The trouble with ‘Groupthink’ in school reform 2012-06-09T10:00:00Z Nobody is so utterly convinced of his rightness and reasonableness and judgment as a drunken man. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Not but that of course I always felt your essential goodness and rightness of mind, but I did not at all understand the scope of them. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z Alexander regards the infliction of incidental pains as of little consequence for the absolute rightness of conduct. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Bring to bear upon us the influences of the Holy Spirit, that we strive earnestly and devoutly to be right at the centre of our being; that rightness be the fabric of our life. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z There is an unerring rightness both in rude Nature and in garden grace, in the chartered liberty of the one, and the unchartered freedom of unadjusted things in the other. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z And if Th�r�se is ever so wrong as this, the whole case of the divine rightness of public opinion falls. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z What Pen Browning has done here ... with the splendid Palazzo Rezzonico, transcends description for the beauty, and, as Ruskin would say, "wisdom and rightness" of it. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z In this process we see exhibited the interplay of the element of goodness or rightness with that of perfection. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z We thank Thee that there is a contagion of rightness and that love is a vital seed that fills the world with its kind. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z She wasn't what you are—no other woman is—but she was one of those plain, quiet women that have a kind of a grip on rightness. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z The doctrine of the rightness of public opinion, however, never required proof. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z In David not an error, not a false note ever; he is all of an exasperating truth and rightness. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z By "best" we do not imply a greater rightness in the ultimate condition, but only a highest development. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z The colors of the houses, glaringly or palely inappropriate, were melted and bound into inevitable rightness. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z There was the day I listened to several men lambaste war protesters at our federal courthouse and speak zealously about the rightness of the war. At War Blog: In a Hymn, Words of Courage That Ring True Long After a Soldier Son Returns 2011-12-23T18:41:19Z Men act in a mass quite differently from the way they act as individuals, only unfortunately there is not any necessary divine rightness about the way they act: there is often divine wrongness. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z We shall have to inform ourselves as to the fundamental purposes of sex; we shall have to ask ourselves: What are the factors which determine rightness and wrongness in the sex relationship? The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Morality is the creation of a better; this better is change from a lower to a higher development, not the growth of a greater rightness. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z The utilitarian test of generous rightness in motive may be open to objection,—there is no test which is not,—but the utilitarian rule is one comprehensible by every mind. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z It sets a standard for other human things, showing that absolute rightness is not out of reach. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z To overcome this inertia, minorities whose interests cannot wait upon the slow benevolent processes of determinism or upon the divine rightness of public opinion, form to prod the constitutional organs of government into action. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z Never again shall I stray from my proper work—the one in which that danger is the reverse of one and becomes a rightness and a beauty.... The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z This is a universal law: Every feeling is accompanied by a sense of the rightness of those actions which give it gratification. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z But Paul never questioned the rightness of his position. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z There is a mystery of rightness about that Parthenon that I cannot understand. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z And because he appeared to have been right in this instance, Amory was all the more disposed to believe in his rightness when he gave her a second warning. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z The passing of time has reënforced the rightness of the course taken, and not a few former critics would now be ready to condemn the methods used as not having been radical enough. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z With some real though limited talent as an artist, she had the touch of instinct, the sense of rightness, and the drive to be unsatisfied with anything but what was right. The Way of Decision 2011-10-01T02:00:34.357Z Substantial proofs, the natural heart would, doubtless, say, of the rightness of his step, in going down to Egypt. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z If there was one part of Neale's year the rightness of which they did not doubt, it was the summer spent in the country where his father had grown up. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The decorative rightness, the exquisite appreciation of the melodies of form, the vitality of action, cannot be too much admired. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Others were convinced of the rightness of their cause and all-consumed by their own conflict. At War Blog: 9/11 Recalled - The West Bank 2011-09-10T22:13:19Z The rightness or wrongness of an action lies in its consequences. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z But, again, we are frequently led to judge of the rightness of a path by its exemption from trial, and vice versa. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Now, we more than question the rightness of such a course. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z He quoted it, amplified it, and insisted on its rightness. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z My study of history has raised doubts of rightness of such war, and what you say strengthen these. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z I suspect this harm will manifest most evidently in consumers’ mindsets, as widespread squatting threatens to upend basic, important social beliefs about the inherent rightness of paying for the right to live in a place. Has America Become a Nation of Squatters? 2011-08-22T17:31:06Z Then he bursts out into this great paragraph of reminiscence, as though once again he were convincing some obstinate fellow of the patent rightness of the plan of attack. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z This case has been adduced in proof of the rightness of a congregation electing its own pastor; but the proof fails in every particular. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z It would have been nice if he had also found a way to understand the upside of self-loathing — it keeps you aware of the rightness of others. A Writer Investigates Madness, His Own and Others? 2011-08-05T19:44:43Z She has saved me by the rightness of her taste. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z It may be by experience that a nation is governed, but it is by rightness alone that it is kept noble. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z A few instances may be relevantly given in which rightness has been attended by disadvantages, when wrongness appeared to have none—yet wrongness was found to bring great unpleasantness in the end. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Ridge folk as a whole have set their compass and steer the course of their lives with unconscious philosophy, and yet a profound conviction as to the rightness of what they are doing. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z His slightest whim was holy; to question his motives or the rightness and wisdom of his commands was little short of blasphemy. The Story of Bacon's Rebellion 2011-06-16T02:00:14.737Z But it has a rightness and controlled power of its own which place it, to my mind, fully on a level with the other two. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z It makes you want to be sure as to the rightness of anything before agreeing with it. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z Can't I convince you of the rightness of all I want to do? The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Not by answering any specific charge, at all, but by reasserting her essential rightness about everything, and the wrongness of her awful critics. Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report 2011-03-29T20:10:00Z “I think there’s a certain rightness to where I’ve ended up,” she said. Professors Get Out of Lab to Focus on Classes 2011-03-15T09:25:26Z The words figuring what Greek poets were and did for Greek communities, and expressing the aspiration to be even as they, bear the true, the classic, mint-mark of absolute economy and simplicity in absolute rightness. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The social philosophers at the end of the eighteenth century did not believe that this rightness should be brought about by violence. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Moreover, she was convinced of the rightness of her attitude. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Their present lack of grip is due to their lack of assurance and exact rightness. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It helped me to the joy of liberty, to rightness of heart. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The fundamental differences between pagan and Christian ethics depend not on any difference in the value set on rightness of heart, but on different views of the essential form or conditions of this inward rightness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z For hope includes a rightness of the will towards God that is not included in the concept of faith, which is chiefly intellectual, and it is the will that moves the other powers to action. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z It stiffened her courage, and, for some strange reason, left her utterly unconvinced of the rightness of the surmise the letter contained. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The rightness of it is often what creates the ecstasy. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Their implicit faith in the rightness of each other, their sense of adequacy, was a very rare thing. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z And though such antinomianism has always been sternly repudiated by the moral consciousness of Christendom, it has never been forgotten that “inwardness,” rightness of heart or spirit, is the pre-eminent characteristic of Christian goodness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z I give you this scrap of conversation only to show the kind of feeling there was in the regiment—because that is the surest test of the rightness of these things. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z Abide with all Thy brightness, Thou brightest Light of all; And lest we stray from rightness, Make Thou Thy truth our wall. Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions 2011-01-19T03:00:21.137Z But the mean things of the earth hast thou chosen, Decked them with suffering, Made them beautiful with the passion for rightness, Strong with the pride of love. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z He was a man with an exquisite apprehension of particulars, with just that sense of there being a rightness attainable, a fitness, a charm, a finish…. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z This knowledge, as Aristotle held, might be permanently precluded by vicious habits, or temporarily obliterated by passion, but if present in the mind it must produce rightness of purpose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Something died within her; a na�f belief in the wisdom of her elders, the ultimate rightness of existing things, which once gone never returns again. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z They had no doubts of their own rightness or of the duty of others to agree with them. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z The fact that they believe they will lose the debate without that legal coercion speaks volumes about how confident they actually are in the rightness and persuasiveness of their views. Marriage and the role of the state 2010-08-09T10:10:00Z Each remains convinced of the rightness of her position, and it is in their congenial conversation that one sees the issue laid bare. War Over Ground Zero 2010-08-08T16:00:00Z Along with more benign values such as "humanness" and "rightness," the concept of "loyalty" was instilled with a new meaning. Strangers at Home 2010-07-16T23:30:00Z In place of thrills, we get entire chapters in which characters lecture on the rightness of their viewpoints. Glenn Beck's "The Overton Window": The Good Review 2010-06-15T20:16:00Z She called on the Senate, in words that will now haunt her, to embrace “the essential rightness — the legitimacy and the desirability — of exploring a Supreme Court nominee’s set of constitutional views and commitments.” ?95 Article Reveals Kagan?s Views on Confirmation 2010-05-11T19:22:00Z There have been a lot of greedy financiers and banks in history, but what makes Goldman stand out is its truly bizarre cultist/religious belief in the rightness of what it does. Will Goldman Sachs prove greed is God? 2010-04-23T23:05:00Z Chris Kenny, London Soldiers have access to information and could form an opinion on the rightness of a particular military action but I doubt they are encouraged to express that opinion. 2010-01-14T10:53:00Z Whatever the true explanation may be the rightness of a trivet is an article of popular faith, and no theorising will have any power to upset our firm belief in its rectitude. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources To question the rightness of this donation is unreasonable and preposterous. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII I could have wished them there for ever, like some sculptured frieze, so lovely was the rightness and the inspiration of it. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France He was not now decadent from any feeling of opposition to established things, but he was decadent from conviction of the inherent rightness of such a state. Sinister Street, vol. 1 If it were fated that Othomar must receive that spark, that would be right; if it were fated that he must abdicate, that would be right too, O God, right with a strange, inscrutable rightness!... Majesty A Novel The only test for the rightness of an act is that persons of good character approve it. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude It estimates the rightness of deeds with reference to some ideal of life. The Sources Of Religious Insight Mrs. Hunt's a living confession of faith in the absolute rightness of the right people, and a living rebuke to the incurable wrongness of the wrong! The Book of Susan A Novel Surely things there are, the production of which by machinery may be wholly right, things which, moreover, when so produced may be wholly right also, and in their rightness even works of art. The Arts and Crafts Movement Adapted to the rightness of right, and the wrongness of wrong, and to the moral nature and constitution of things. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology Easily she reassured him with her confidence in the rightness of his decision; easily she assuaged the ache of any lingering doubt with the proclamation of that inevitable triumph in the end. Plashers Mead A Novel It would be violence to assume a holy earth and a holy production from the earth, if the contest between the creatures seems to violate all that we know as rightness. The Holy Earth The general observance of it gives the custom neither rightness nor authority. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America Upon whatsoever principle the rightness of an action depends, its performance is right for the agent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Then aspirant and auditor, rash adventurer and shy alarmist, were swept away together in the gust of magnificent rightness and beauty, no scrap of the far-scattered prime proposal being left to pick up. The Middle Years At rare intervals some perverse member of our force disagrees with a guest as to the rightness of this or that. . . . The Book of Courage He had persuaded himself of his moral rightness and felt quite happy. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions She said this so often that she positively convinced herself of its rightness and justice, “and some day,” she frequently added, “I will let Mistress and Miss Ruleson know the ground on which they stand.” Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Whoever may have made a study of antique sculpture will not have failed to recognise its healthy human tone, its ethical rightness. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Professor James, indeed, is able to reconcile an ostensible certainty of rightness of method and result with much experience in investigation. Rationalism There was a mixture of wrongness in his rightness that made me distrust him. The Crow's Nest My heat only helps to convince you that my position is not based on the rational rightness you hold so essential and that therefore it is unlivable. The Kempton-Wace Letters It was inconceivable that Anne, by sheer force of a mind absolutely convinced of its own rightness, should have had such a grip on everybody she came in contact with. Old Crow Now to me this seems a type of that rightness which the soul demands. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Now, hard hit by Savourneen Dheelish, the strength to think she might cross the barriers revived, and the insanity of the scheme shrank as its rightness grew and grew. When Ghost Meets Ghost The manager's comfortable feeling of rightness had returned. Thin Edge I have been thinking about your romance and my rational rightness, and so this letter. The Kempton-Wace Letters This proposal that all the best people shall applaud the higher rightness that was to be revealed in his projected elopement, is in the very essence of the romantic attitude. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Right.—He, like many others, believes firmly in the rightness of the new movement. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Still another proof, and it is in itself almost if not quite conclusive, of the rightness of the co-operative system is the fact that its competitive rival breaks down in every great emergency. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View Had he not joined the True Church to make sure of this ultimate rightness, and because it was fashionable just now? Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings All of which rational rightness is, I know, distasteful to you, Dane. The Kempton-Wace Letters It was so right that she was stupefied by its rightness. The Side Of The Angels A Novel As thus: You were certain of the rightness of your cause.' The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court He was awesomely serene, convinced of his rightness. Little Brother The secret is, I suppose, that the lawlessness, the amateurishness, the indifference to standards were on the surface,—apparent to everybody,—the soundness and rightness of his practice were unconscious. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures The beast, lacking imagination, needs no rational rightness for the various acts of living, such as they need, and which they do not possess. The Kempton-Wace Letters It was so right that the rightness acted on her like an opiate. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The leadership of service validates its rightness by its intellectual results. The Social Principles of Jesus There is no sense of rightness, or wrongness connected with it, no sense of utility, propriety, or expediency. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) The greater your democratic faith in the ultimate rightness of the multitude, the less perhaps your individual power of will. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures It was as if he were sure of the rightness of his purpose, but needed encouragement in its execution. The Twins of Suffering Creek But he had clearly argued every point with himself, and through it all had felt the rightness of his purpose. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills And words can be taught—not merely the words themselves, but their power, their suggestiveness, their rightness or wrongness for the meaning sought. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Mrs. Lowder herself found it enough simply to reply, in respect to Kate, that she was indeed a luxury to take about the world: she expressed no more surprise than that at her "rightness" to-day. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 Few great wars have been fought out by each side with greater intensity of conviction in the rightness of its cause or with more abundant personal heroism than the American civil war. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California The triumph of nature, with its impulse, its health, its essential sanity and rightness, over the cryptic formulas of convention and Puritanism, marks the meaning of the play.... The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts The rightness of Buck’s conjecture was proved before evening, but not without long and painful effort. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Opinionated, obstinate, impulsive, of not very sound judgment, yet dictatorial because supremely certain of his rightness—courageous, unselfish, sincere—that was the way she now saw the editor of the Express. Counsel for the Defense There is about them much of that air of ‘rightness’ which Hall Caine has noted to be one of the most enduring qualities of good fiction, whatever its literary style may be. Australian Writers On the other hand, we may say of the same boy, in the sociological sense: "He has not discovered his health, wealth, sociability, knowledge, beauty, and rightness interests." Introduction to the Science of Sociology Lord, enable us to-day to go out, clothed in Thy robes of perfect rightness and with our hearts in adjustment with Thy perfect love. Days of Heaven Upon Earth He was never visited by a single doubt about the rightness of his chosen course—no matter how erratic it might appear to an onlooker. The Great Gray Plague He held that there is a rightness, a justice, an 384 equity, not arbitrarily constituted by the Divine will or legislation, but founded in the nature of God, and therefore eternal. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Within this sacred society souls were to be trained in rightness of living, and, to an extent, made fit for heaven. The New Theology We have several times named the most general classes of interests which we find serviceable in sociology, viz.: health, wealth, sociability, knowledge, beauty, and rightness. Introduction to the Science of Sociology And if you would hold your trust, hold your sweetness, your rightness of spirit, your obedience to Christ, your victory in every way. Days of Heaven Upon Earth Strength and rightness do not depend on the past, but the present. From the Car Behind These scenes are mostly in prose; but they have the rightness of poetry. William Shakespeare He saw a beauty in ugliness, a beauty to which we were blind, for he felt the significance of her life, the eternal rightness to herself of what she was. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life Small's classification of interests—health, wealth, sociability, knowledge, beauty, rightness—has secured general acceptance. Introduction to the Science of Sociology She gave little thought to the rightness of her husband’s demands, but bent every faculty toward coaxing her family to accede to them. The Wind Before the Dawn He was a constant worker in planting the first seeds of the moral rightness of the cause, the crusader whose faith clarified the fundamental religious background inherent in good government. Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati Opposed to this utilitarian theory stands the metaphysical one that would make the beauty or intrinsic rightness of things the source of their efficiency and of their power to survive. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory There is no standard external to the laws of the art itself by which to judge the rightness and the beauty of the individual work. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life The rightness of God's claims is beyond dispute among His own people; and so it ought to be recognized as our absolute duty to yield fully to those claims. Standards of Life and Service Ted Radford was a confirmed believer in the rightness of his own way with all mankind; his admirable confidence had not been shaken by a long succession of snubs in the quarter under discussion. Stingaree To deny a fact is easy and needs no advocate, but it is far more arduous and difficult a task to demonstrate the rightness or wrongness of a given action. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Beauty and rightness are relative to our judgment and emotion; they in no sense exist in nature or preside over her. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The rightness of his composition is determined by a logic more flexible, perhaps, but no less exacting than the laws of geometry. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life But in the midst of all, there is the possibility and blessed privilege of being sure about one's own rightness before God. Standards of Life and Service If there was one quality more than another which had distinguished it, it had been its simple sense of rightness. The Dark Tower The permanent results in the shape of statistics and concrete evidence are proof and witness to the rightness of the undertaking. The School and the World It is an experiment of a highly original kind, and the painter has had in the case, in regard to what Mr. Ruskin would call the "rightness" of his attempt, the courage of his opinion. Picture and Text 1893 It is we who, perceiving the rightness of their achievement, pronounce it to be beautiful. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life He was filled with a sense of rightness and certainty, feeling himself absorbed in an awesome Presence that would give him flawless guidance. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Hurry is not haste; but economy is, and rightness is. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Great faith, rightness of mind, influence over other men, and finally, personal success and satisfaction come of service to the ideals of the profession. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 He also had, as the sequel will show their indifference as to the rightness of the means employed so long as the end in view was gained. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia If the human spirit were infinite in comprehension, we should receive all things as beautiful, for we should apprehend their rightness and their harmony. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life As she continued, offering her prayers and her pain to the figure on the crucifix, the ceremony seemed to take on a life of its own, filling her with a sense of rightness and peace. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Then secondly—you are to note that with all the certain rightness of its material fact, this sculpture still is the Sculpture of a Dream. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Let us not merely try to reason down temptation, or to order it down, in the name of abstract rightness, or of concrete peril. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians Judge them as severely as you will by their rightness or wrongness, and again judge them by their merits or defects as literature. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Trivets aren't a circumstance to me, as far as rightness is concerned. Margaret Montfort He comes next to Palmer in strength and rightness of achievement; his work, like his life, was earnest and noble. American Men of Mind On the question of the abstract rightness or wrongness of this subjection of the East by the West, I do not propose to enter. The New World of Islam But a failure of imagination may occasionally issue in paradoxical rightness, for the imagination relies on the common run of events which the peculiar case may chance to contradict. The King's Mirror For all his words had cost him he was conscious of the rightness of the course he had taken. The Heart of Unaga If The Leader could doubt the rightness of any of his actions, he doubted it then. The Leader You may have similar qualms over rent and the rightness and wrongness of it. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice The prevailing impression given by your numerous testimonials as to the character of the word gradely, is one of decency, order, rightness, perfectness. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Purity, forgiveness, rightness of heart were his themes. The Chief End of Man George himself, as a boy, had already begun to "question the final rightness of the gentlefolks," declaring his rebellion by "resolving to marry a viscount's daughter" and blacking the eye of her half-brother. Personality in Literature And that exposition guarantees at once a typical mystery latent in Gen. xiv. and the rightness of its development in the passage here before us. Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews The feeling is no doubt inevitable; it has a certain rightness and justification. The Task of Social Hygiene There could be no question of objective rightness or wrongness. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge They do not change, but they intensify, the aim at rightness of life, and they add to it the spirit of courage, of trust, of joy. The Chief End of Man There was a kind of rightness and nobleness in what he did; but it was in the wrong place. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion "You weren't born five years before me because then it would have spoiled everything," said Honor, securely confident of the eternal rightness of the scheme of things. Play the Game! He was one of those politicians whose conviction of rightness is so strong that they cannot help condescending towards an opponent. Clayhanger No man, thus poised, could have convinced us of his reality; while she convinces us not only of her reality, but of her rightness. Browning's Heroines Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable, not for the rightness, but uprightness of the decision. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) The same may be said of the specific rightness or wrongness of opinion in the intellectual order. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle I dare say Bewsher never questioned the rightness of it all—he was too much in love with the girl, his own training had been too similar. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story It was in his resentment, in the hard setting of his teeth as he confirmed himself in the rightness of his own opinions, that he first began to realise an individual freedom. Clayhanger Furthermore, in the case of the ordinary reader there is a feeling of rightness or wrongness about the thought sequences. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Convinced of the rightness of the Army's policy, Secretary Royall was understandably agitated by the unfavorable publicity directed at him and his department. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 By an effort at last she realised its presence, the naturalness of it, and its rightness. Quisanté The modesty, the sweetness, of this little explanation, with a kind of intimated desire, constituting almost an appeal, for rightness, which seemed to pervade it, left a fragrance in the air after she had vanished. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Man is accountable for the _up_rightness of his doctrine, but not for the rightness of it. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry If sympathy, sentiment, were never his strong points, he was by no means lacking in loyalty, kindliness, rightness of purpose. The Forfeit To believe completely in God is to believe in the final rightness of all being. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought All effects of light and shade depend not on the method or execution of shadows, but on their rightness of place, form, and depth. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 Most Socialists are already convinced of the rightness of birth regulation, but not all of them see the need for working now to free the information. The Red Conspiracy No man is responsible for the rightness of his faith; but only for the _up_rightness of it. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Again was the scout's rightness and accuracy proved. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon And now let the process be reversed, let us start with the purely dramatic subject, the story that will tell itself in perfect rightness, unaided, to the eye of the reader. The Craft of Fiction There is indeed a loveliness of execution added to the rightness, by the great masters, but you cannot obtain that unless you become one of them. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 She remembered his socks and ties, his general rightness. Franklin Kane The passion for absolute truth and rightness is one of the noblest that can spring up in any breast; it is a ripe fruit of religion. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals He sees things with more perfect rightness than Memling, and also in a bigger and some summary way. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art He not only doubts the rightness and the sense of it, but he is ready to deny it. Our Unitarian Gospel And how absolutely independent it is of material or method of production, how absolutely dependent on rightness of place and depth,—there are now before you instances enough to prove. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 And it would be puerile to dispute the rightness of this impression so long as the standpoint of the individual human being is adopted. Nature Mysticism Our universal sense of wrongness is but part of our passion for rightness. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals What finishes a picture is not the quantity of detail in it, but the rightness of the general effect. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art Step by step he convinced us of the rightness of the action, and we went with him, although we did not accept his philosophy. Introduction to Non-Violence In this, then, the Venetians are separate from other schools by rightness, and they are so to their last days. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 Just so far as we are able to prove our rightness, the world—nay the whole universe of God—is ours. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul But men who live next to real things care nothing one way or the other for theoretical rightness; they want the real article. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals I sometimes wish we were all like him, unplagued by imagination, innocent of Greek, quite sure of the admirableness of admirably administering the government, and of the rightness of everything Roman. Roads from Rome There had been humiliating moments, hard moments, but always he had been sustained by a sense of the rightness of the thing that he was doing and of its necessity. The Tin Soldier On the contrary, To him it belongs to change the will, to whom it belongs to bestow righteousness: for righteousness is the rightness of the will. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition I am feeling," he said, "increasingly, day by day, that rightness in imaginative writing is more important than subject, or style, or anything else. Adventures in Criticism As the things about him come to include God and heaven and things unseen so will his search for rightness become wider and deeper and more spiritual. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals Nothing produced a doubt in our governing minds as to the rightness of our policy except the strength of the Red Army and the fear of revolution in Asia. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Yet even the war could not shake Mrs. Connolly's faith in the rightness of things. The Tin Soldier It had come to him with a sudden clamor of the blood that in the eternal rightness of things such mornings ought to be theirs till the youth in them was quenched in sober age. The Big-Town Round-Up An exquisite expression of the necessity of this personal sense of rightness may be read into the well-known lines, I could not love thee, dear, so well, Loved I not honour more. Is Life Worth Living? He would rather be the faltering pursuer of actual rightness than the possessor of a hypothetical, ascribed perfection. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals She never imagined that the youth would test her pretty, heartfelt opinions and her glowing faith in the rightness of things in the cold, sceptical light of his logic. In the Roaring Fifties I am making no plea for its rightness; and it unchained wild beasts in some of the men. The Tin Soldier If my theory be correct, rightness of form is invariably a consequence of rightness of emotion. Art For the positivist, just as much as the Christian, this sense of rightness in love is interfused with the affection proper, and does as it were give wings to it. Is Life Worth Living? And all this world story is but a record of the struggle for rightness. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals I'm grown up now and—and I have to make decisions about the rightness and the wrongness of things. Lydia of the Pines Alcuin was good as well as great, and I will give you a little instance of the rightness of his thought. Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days My view of the rise, decline and fall of art in Christendom is based entirely on a series of independent aesthetic judgments in the rightness of which I have the arrogance to feel considerable confidence. Art Your own reason is the only oracle given you by Heaven, and you are answerable not for the rightness, but uprightness of the decision. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Literal appetites have been the motives back of the world's struggle for physical rightness; yet these cravings have not been more general or more forceful than those of the soul. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals She only knew that the spiritual rightness with which she had sustained her mind and body through all the hard years of her youth, had gone wrong. Lydia of the Pines There's no merit in being right at one time in one's life if one sticks to that rightness after it has lost its significance. Secret Bread We seem to have recognised intellectually the rightness of its forms without staying to fix our attention, and collect, as it were, their emotional significance. Art Is your own tree to be made thwart and misshapen, that his may be reminded that there is rightness of growth? Foes To cease to strive for rightness is to cease to live. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals If they ever permitted themselves seriously to question the rightness of it; to submit patriotism and courage to an acid analysis, they might suddenly turn arrant cowards. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. You know, a stopped clock is right twice every twenty-four hours, but it's a rightness without value. Secret Bread If this were so, it would be permissible to inquire whether it was the forms themselves or our perception of their rightness and necessity that caused aesthetic emotion. Art But I can not bear the 'Tannhäuser;' it seems to paint with a fatal fascination the beauty of wickedness, the rightness, so to speak, of sensuality. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College But if rightness is abstinence from evil, then a lamp-post must always be better than a man, for it justly can lay claim to all the negative virtues. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals We have seen in the chapter on ethics that men are by no means at one in their judgments as to the rightness or wrongness of given actions. An Introduction to Philosophy We were very confident three years ago in the rightness of our position, when we welcomed the new securities for peace. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? For us the problem has no value; for the artist it is the working test of absolute "rightness." Art There is to me a want of colour and thinness about his writings in general, with a grace and savoir faire nevertheless, and always a rightness and purity of intention. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 The perfection of the finished work depends upon the potter's sense of rightness and the skill developed by practicing the methods of her ancestors with such variation as her own originality and ingenuity may suggest. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Nor could the rightness or the wrongness of the hero's views and acts affect the artistic value of the novel. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 His father had assured him that it was well done, but had said to Mrs. Irons that it showed "a remarkable rightness of mind and temper and unexpected aptitude in the art of expression." In the Days of Poor Richard I insist only on the rightness of my aesthetic hypothesis. Art The issues were the most tremendous that have divided Europe; each side was passionately convinced of the rightness and justice of its cause. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union For the clear flame of it had lost its clarity; the confidence that had fanned it was gone—the sense of his own rightness. The Real Adventure Virtue, perfect rightness of correspondence with our present surroundings, perfect consistency of our deeds with our best ideas, is hard work. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day Under these conditions the rightness or wrongness of the sexual conduct of the wife turned upon the attitude of the husband toward the act. Sex and Society Before we feel an aesthetic emotion for a combination of forms, do we not perceive intellectually the rightness and necessity of the combination? Art A thief does not in general hold any theory about the rightness of larceny, and there is no society in the United Kingdom at least who deny the moral validity of the Eighth Commandment. England's Case Against Home Rule The sense of rightness that would have made him gentle, had been carried away by the passion he'd shared with her, and he couldn't get it back. The Real Adventure And since it is the past alone which has had the opportunity to accumulate this rightness our disposition should be to preserve all ancient things. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Every man should depend on whatever instinct for rightness, for suitability, he may possess. The House in Good Taste Walk round it, and take your pleasure in subtleties of the builder's craft, quaint corners, gargoyles, and flying buttresses, but do not expect the thrill that answers the perception of sheer rightness of form. Art It was stark against nature; and Mr. Twist still believed in the fundamental rightness of that which is called nature. Christopher and Columbus A great soldier must be filled with the profound convictions of the justness of his cause and the rightness of his method. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold The manufacturers were the State; and the whole intellectual strength of economics was massed to prove the rightness of the equation. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham His spirit is big with rightness, his brain is clear, his conscience is clean, his eyes look upward, his words are sincere, his thoughts are lofty, his purposes are true, and his acts distill blessings. The Reconstructed School To free a man from suffering, he must be set right, put in health; and the health at the root of man's being, his rightness, is to be free from wrongness, that is, from sin. Hope of the Gospel The higher life stirs within him, and he begins to question the rightness of things. Rudolph Eucken : a philosophy of life For that sort of poetry does not rest on the sure foundation which is given by the consciousness the imagination has of its absolute rightness. The Poetry Of Robert Browning What we are is thus the expression of his goodness; and there is a real sense in which Burke may be said to have maintained the inherent rightness of the existing order. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham For there undoubtedly exists a rough physical standard of rightness in drawing, any violent deviations from which, even at the dictates of emotional expression, is productive of the grotesque. The Practice and Science of Drawing Righteousness itself, God's righteousness, rightness in their own being, in heart and brain and hands, is what they desire. Hope of the Gospel And indoors, Duddon was oppressive by the very ingenuity of its refinement, the rightness of every touch. The Mating of Lydia He loved the natural, and was convinced of its rightness; and he had, as I might prove, a tenderness for it even when it passed into wrong. The Poetry Of Robert Browning The question for him was not the abstract rightness of the system upon some set of a priori principles but whether, on the whole, that system worked for the happiness of the community. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham And when this balance is kept there is a rightness about it that is instinctively felt. The Practice and Science of Drawing With him, the live, original rightness, in their hearts, they must speedily become righteous. Hope of the Gospel You were so steady and good and you had such quiet old ideas about duty and rightness and things, and you thought about things so, and I wanted that most frightfully. If Winter Comes What was this rightness that lurked below cruelty? Mr. Britling Sees It Through Yet such defects must not blind us to the general rightness of their insight. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham |
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