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To copy Nature? A boy with a camera can do that. To get the spirit of Nature? A woodman or a shepherd can follow the trail of the whistling wind to hoarded sunshine in distant wolds. But to interpret Nature and inform it with a human personality that rises above it, invokes the divine in it, is the work of genius. ”
Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. ”
The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge. ”
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. ”
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. ”
British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right, which is the antithesis of the values this country represents: decency, tolerance, respect. ”
Pervasive 'whites-only' policies and hateful narratives could not be further from the values that underpin our Armed Forces: those of integrity, respect for others, and having the bravery to do the right thing. ”
Remembrance Day is a timely reminder that, in what may be some of Britain's darkest hours, it is the bravery of millions of ordinary people from all races, religions, and backgrounds that have kept our country's flame burning and stood up for the values we hold dear. ”
Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of decency and kindness. ”
Conexao,' which means 'connection' in Portuguese, is about exploring the more nuanced highs and lows of romance. ”