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“The scientific spirit, the contempt of tradition, the lack of discipline and the exaltation of the individual have very nearly made an end of art. It can only be restored by the love of beauty, the reverence for tradition, the submission to discipline and the rigor of self-control.”

Art Made Ends Self Spirit Individual Discipline Tradition Contempt Reverence Self Control Submission Exaltation Rigor

Author:Kenyon Cox

“When the blessed Spirit, that bloweth where it listeth, visits you and stirs the plumage of the soul, seek no cowardly shelter from it, but fling yourself upon it, and, though its sweep be awful, you shall be sustained. Only do this, do all, not in presumptuous daring, but in divine submission; in dependence, not on any strength that can be spent, but on the ever-living stay of all that trust in Him.”

Soul Spirit Divine Blessed Awful Daring Shelter Dependence Submission Cowardly Fling Presumptuous Visits You

Book:A Martineau year book: Extracts from sermons

Source: A Martineau year book: Extracts from sermons

“That prayer which does not succeed in moderating our wishes--in changing the passionate desire into still submission, the anxious, tumultuous expectation into silent surrender--is no true prayer, and proves that we have not the spirit of true prayer.”

Doe Stills Spirit Desire Wish Prayer Succeed Prove Expectations Silent Passionate Surrender Anxious Submission Passionate Desire

Book:Sermons ...

Source: Sermons ...

“Submission to poverty is the unpardonable sin against the body. Submission to unhappiness is the unpardonable sin against the spirit.”

Body Spirit Sin Poverty Unhappiness Submission

Book:The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911-17

Source: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911-17