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Puritanism

«There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787 It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut.»

Author: James Bryce | Keywords: hearty, pervades, Puritanism, resolved, The View, transgressor, transgressors

«Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy»

Author: Henry Louis Mencken (Critic, Journalist) | Keywords: haunting, Puritanism, somewhere, The Haunted, The Haunting

«The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February»

Author: Joseph Wood Krutch (Naturalist, Writer) | Keywords: charge, England, February, New England, Puritanism

«There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness»