backworldism

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Hypnotized by the demands of logic, bewildered by the contemplation of this code of backworldism which he himself seems somehow to have created, the ballot maniac stands riveted at the polls and sacrifices to his own image by hitting himself on the head with further virtuous restrictions -- a gesture necessary to prevent his own image from giving him the lie.

Nonsenseorship G. G. [Editor] Putnam 1915
The Puritan debauch is the logical culmination of the anti-Paganism and backworldism launched two hundred centuries back.

Nonsenseorship G. G. [Editor] Putnam 1915