To have a sense of sin means to feel guilty at there being an ethical choice to make, a guilt which, however "good" I may become, remains unchanged.

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

We must love one another or die

Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.