Of the unspoken
A short and thoughtful statement. He doesn't elaborate and it is hard to know what drew him to this conclusion. ...
What’s the difference?
On his long trek across some of the remoter regions of Afghanistan, Rory Stewart found himself being presented as having...
Pattern-working chaplain
Thoreau isn't a big fan of chaplains and other purveyors of religion and here he takes a swipe at three...
As rooted as…
A good simile for a certain rugged tenacity, in this case referring to the nascent Christian community as it emerged...
It runs in families like …
George Eliot uses an asthmatic simile to reveal the religious prejudices of her characters. If they considered that it runs...
Soul-benumbing morality
Part of a half-page tirade by one character concerning the local preacher, Mr. Irwine.  This novel, set in 1799, sees...
Measuring shadows
I love this description of Greek architecture as being a mathematical exercise in measuring of the sun's progress and its...
Of temples and cathedrals
An unusual analysis of the difference between temples and cathedrals, which seems obvious once it has been pointed out.Â
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