June 9

“Culture, for its own sake, is the worst form of self-idolatry. Culture, as the preparation of self for the service of others, is as the preparation of the plot of ground entrusted to us that it may bear a harvest in which many may rejoice.”

Professor GARDINER

“To have the shepherdly genius, to have something of a true shepherd’s eye and hand, is the finest of possessions, and the more we are able to render our knowledge, our acquisitions, and accomplishments, ministerial – ministerial to some of the deeper needs of men – the greater we are.”

“Our knowledge is no blessing to us unless we have learnt to use it well and wisely, and learnt, too, that with it only, life is not complete. If, dealing with the ‘things we see’, we walk hand-in-hand with faith in the unseen, these two shall make life beautiful and blessed.”

CLODD