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The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals – its philosophers, its poets and its artists.

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The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.

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The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason.

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April 30, 2024

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason.

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April 30, 2024

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.

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