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The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. – Christopher Dawson

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As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. – Christopher Dawson

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Religion
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Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture. – Christopher Dawson

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positive
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Christopher Dawson
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Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces. – Christopher Dawson

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Society
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It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. – Marilu Henner

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Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession – a property entirely our own. – Samuel Smiles

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