A sense of art mixes with our modern piety. We are apt to admire the evangelical reticence for its dignity,[...] we are apt to respect the Scripture narratives with their few intense details, their close events and their great omissions alike, for their simplicity, and-it is to be feared that our literature leads us so far-for their "effect." (Alice Meynell)

A sense of art mixes with our modern piety. We are apt to admire the evangelical reticence for its dignity,[...] we are apt to respect the Scripture narratives with their few intense details, their close events and their great omissions alike, for their simplicity, and-it is to be feared that our literature leads us so far-for their "effect."

Alice Meynell

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