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Religion is ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by feeling

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
School Inspector
University Teacher
Writer
Laleham
Surrey
Feeling
Religion
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Heightened
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Ethics

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ForTime, not Corydon, hath conquered thee.
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Unquiet souls. In the dark fermentation of earth, in the never idle workshop of nature, in the eternal movement, yea shall find yourselves again.
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Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes Ah, would that I did too!
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