Quotemeal: Aug. 12th, 1957

Monday, August 12, 1957

"And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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— Romano Guardini —
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— John Ruskin —
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— Lesslie Newbigin —
"We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
— Plato —

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."

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