“The grand stye arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.” PoetrySubjectsSeriousTreatsSimplicityNobleAriseGiftedSeveritySerious Subjects Author:Matthew Arnold
“Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors to the religion of their community; neither of them wrote anything; both of them were executed; and both have become the subject of traditions that are difficult or impossible to harmonize.” JesusDifficultChristCommunityTeacherImpossibleSubjectsJesus ChristTraditionSimplicityOutstandingTraitor Book:Jesus through the centuries: Mary through the centuries Source: Jesus through the centuries: Mary through the centuries
“The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject.” PracticeSubjectsAnxietySimplicityEmploymentOccupationCasualUniformityAgitationPrecariousIncessantHopes And Fears Author:William Falconer