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> [The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism. It is the story of the struggle of free thought with bigotry, religion making common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/the-story-of-the-decadence-of-the-cathedral-as-a-moral-power-a/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

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## More by Jenkin Lloyd Jones

> [Whence, then, did the cathedral derive its power? Clearly here: It took back the family into the confidences of religion. It taught man and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/whence-then-did-the-cathedral-derive-its-power-clearly-here-it-took/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [“There seems to be a superstition among many thousands of our young who hold hands and smooch in the drive-ins that marriage is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/there-seems-to-be-a-superstition-among-many-thousands-of-our-young/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he’s been robbed. The fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/anyone-who-imagines-that-bliss-is-normal-is-going-to-waste-a-lot-of/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [Are there not thousands who have loved virtue who did not accept Jesus Christ in any supernatural or miraculous fashion, who, if they knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/are-there-not-thousands-who-have-loved-virtue-who-did-not-accept/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [My parents were lured to America by the democracy here promised. In our family, freedom was a word to conjure by. Hoping for larger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/my-parents-were-lured-to-america-by-the-democracy-here-promised-in/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [The human soul finds its saddest imprisonment when it is helpless in the presence of cruelty, when it cannot right a wrong. It finds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/the-human-soul-finds-its-saddest-imprisonment-when-it-is-helpless-in/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [The grandchildren of the kids who used to weep because the Little Match Girl froze to death now feel cheated if she isn't slugged,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/the-grandchildren-of-the-kids-who-used-to-weep-because-the-little/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [Seek the underlying harmonies of love and the overarching rainbow of hope, rather than the surface distinctions of creeds and of sects. Work for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/seek-the-underlying-harmonies-of-love-and-the-overarching-rainbow-of/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [Life is like an old-time rail journey--delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/life-is-like-an-old-time-rail-journey-delays-sidetracks-smoke-dust/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [You have typewriters, presses. And a huge audience. How about raising hell?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/you-have-typewriters-presses-and-a-huge-audience-how-about-raising/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/the-story-of-the-decadence-of-the-cathedral-as-a-moral-power-a/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [Introduced to this world in Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales, November 14, 1843, I celebrated my first anniversary by landing at Castle Garden, in New York City.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/introduced-to-this-world-in-llandyssul-cardiganshire-wales-november/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [I am the third Jenkin Jones to preach that liberal interpretation of Christianity generally known as Unitarianism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/i-am-the-third-jenkin-jones-to-preach-that-liberal-interpretation-of/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/not-until-the-human-heart-is-stolid-to-poetry-the-human-eye-blind-to/)

[Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/)

> [The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/the-cathedral-at-its-noblest-is-the-best-outward-symbol-of-the/)

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