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There are dons who care for the intellect and the imagination, and there are priests who care for the spirit but broadly speaking the function of universities and churches alike is to trim and tame enthusiasm, to suppress curiosity, and, in short, to whittle immortal souls into serviceable props of the established order.

Hugh Kingsmill

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Hugh Kingsmill
Age: 59 †
Born: 1889
Born: November 21
Died: 1949
Died: May 15
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