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Mechanical, soulless music will pervert and deaden the public musical sense.

From Time Magazine Archive

A pox on authors who will pervert the truth for a few lousy bucks.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have in my possession numerous letters from Highland teachers dealing with this fear on the part of the clergy, that novels and secular literature generally will pervert the minds of the people.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

As to the stock argument, that people will pervert utility for their private ends, Mr. Mill challenges the production of any ethical creed where this may not happen.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

They will pervert words spoken from a sincere heart and twist them to mean just the opposite of what they were intended to convey.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore