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> [“The realization that a decline in the moral state impedes the flowering of literature is a feeling unique to the Jewish people. Only we realize in truth that in order to improve the quality of literature, there is a necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabbi-kook/the-realization-that-a-decline-in-the-moral-state-impedes-the/)

Rabbi Kook

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## More by Rabbi Kook

> [“The realization that a decline in the moral state impedes the flowering of literature is a feeling unique to the Jewish people. Only we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabbi-kook/the-realization-that-a-decline-in-the-moral-state-impedes-the/)

Rabbi Kook

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