Involving the community in birth control does not necessarily have to be the sober, dedicated, zealous enterprise that admits only of seriousness of purpose.
The state's zealous oversight of bookmakers demonstrates clearly that the confinement of gambling to a defined geographic space was of paramount concern.
Colonial officials in collusion with smugglers defied the efforts of zealous and empowered treasury intendants.
Its ultimate objective, for its most zealous advocates at least, was to secure the end of hiring fairs, yearly contracts and even farm service itself.
Furthermore, it is clear that puritans would act on religious issues with their less zealous brethren when the civic interest was at stake.
Once one believed these claims, then the zealous opposition among the scientific witnesses could only be interpreted as a sign of moral corruption.
He cautioned that although the ulema pretended to espouse progress, they actually advocated the most zealous traditionalism.
Although the reading of annual reports conveys little of the passion of zealous evangelicals for their spiritual and philanthropic cause, they do offer a critical view from the centre.
