Sentence:  One hoped, and the other despaired: they chose their own lots, and were righteously doomed to endure them.  But you'll not want to hear my <WSD>moralising</WSD>, Mr. Lockwood; you'll judge, as well as I can, all these things: 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make moral reflections ("on, upon," "about" or "over" something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.