Shelley had sculpted Ozymandias's face himself, shattered it with whoops of glee, rubbed it in its own pride ("king" always being an obscenity as far as he was concerned) and placed it in the wilderness, both moral and physical, in which such men belonged.In any case, the "real" Ozymandias too was a stock tyrant; or so it seemed.
Sure Glenn Beck was the planner, but what better spokesperson for Fox and friends than a popular TV host who claims God is using him to lead Americans out of the wilderness of moral emptiness into a Promised Land where capitalists can once again roam free without the pesky interference of big government?
Atwood also wrote short stories, collected in such volumes as Dancing Girls (1977), Bluebeard's Egg (1983), Wilderness Tips (1991), Moral Disorder (2006), and Stone Mattress (2014).
From the start, it was seen either as a howling wilderness or a moral wasteland, not exactly much of a choice.
Driven by a declared "moral imperative" to protect Utah wilderness and prevent further contributions to climate change, Tim DeChristopher's act was nothing less, as the Medal of Freedom recognizes, than "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States".
"Dolan is going to be a voice in the wilderness crying out on moral issues" in the political sphere, he said.
THE BUZZ -- New Yorkers in search of moral guidance do not go barefoot into the wilderness.
Many environmentalists argue that holistic entities such as ecosystems, wilderness areas, and species all deserve moral consideration.
"(Potentially) desecrating one of the world's last wildernesses shows a complete failure of moral leadership at the head of the company.
