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Quote by John Ruskin
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true acti

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. – John Ruskin

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A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort. – John Ruskin

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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. – John Ruskin

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Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. – Voltaire

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The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. – Ernest Istook

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