“Ennobling this dull pomp, the life of kings,
By contemplation of diviner things.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
"Mycerinus" (1849)
“The forgetting of all things and of one's self, combined with contemplation, makes a man divine”
From, Light on Carmel: An Anthology from the Works of Brother John of Saint Samson, O.Carm.
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