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"The discouragement of work, the weakening of character, the
sharing of one's goods under pain of death--this is the Gospel
teaching on the foundation of society."
"The Christian virtues are not social virtues."
"Nature is without aim: she is an endless circle, and leads us
nowhere."
His thoughts are unfettered and full of love for humanity and a sense of
the responsibility of the individual. He called Beethoven "the greatest,
the only really great artist," because he upheld the idea of universal
brotherhood. His mind is so comprehensive that he has written books on
philosophy, on the theatre, on classical painting,[124] as well as
scientific essays,[125] volumes of verse, and even plays.[126]
[Footnote 124: C. Saint-Saens, _Note sur les decors de theatre dans
l'antiquite romaine_, 1880, where he discusses the mural paintings of
Pompeii.]
[Footnote 125: Lecture on the Phenomena of Mirages, given to the
Astronomical Society of France in 1905.]
[Footnote 126: C. Saint-Saens, _La Crampe des Ecrivains_, a comedy in
one act, 1892.]
He has been able to take up all sorts of things, I will not say with
equal skill, but with discernment and undeniable ability.
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