They would ask writers to show us men conforming to this morality, instead of revolting from it.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
First he fills the boy as full as possible of self-depreciation, and then trains him to expect that his leading experiences in life will consist of being forced into submission, conforming to the plans of others, bending to authority, the breaking of his will, and the crushing of his interests and purposes.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Paul came to the foot of the slope; and below him ran a continuous gully roofed over by stunted trees and conforming to the hillside as a brim conforms to a hat.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer