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Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul this is the miser's curse this the chain and ball the sensualist drags.

Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul this is the miser's curse this the chain and ball the sensualist drags.

John Lancaster Spalding
Soul, Balls, Chains
John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

If we attempt to sink the soul in matter, its light is quenched.

John Lancaster Spalding
Light, Soul, Matter
John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

The first requisite of a gentleman is to be true, brave and noble, and to be therefore a rebuke and scandal to venal and vulgar souls.

John Lancaster Spalding
Brave, Soul, Gentleman
John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.

John Lancaster Spalding
Soul, Noble, Body
John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.

John Lancaster Spalding
Disappointment, Joy, Soul
"Aphorisms and Reflections" by John Lancaster Spalding, (pp. 129-130), 1901.

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