Choice of attention ... is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences whatever they may be.

W. H. Auden
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  2. Cathedrals Luxury liners laden with souls Holding to the east their hulls of stone.

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