Thought from which no emotion springs is sterile. The knowledge that has no bearing on the conduct of life is vain. (John Lancaster Spalding)

Thought from which no emotion springs is sterile. The knowledge that has no bearing on the conduct of life is vain.

John Lancaster Spalding

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