The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the senses do not lead. (John Lancaster Spalding)

The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the senses do not lead.

John Lancaster Spalding

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