Cosmos Quote by H. P. Lovecraft

“Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of greed and trade, and not of honest cosmos-facing.” quote by H. P. Lovecraft — Download Open image

“Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of greed and trade, and not of honest cosmos-facing.”

H. P. Lovecraft

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