Quote#God & Faith
" Instinct," as said, " is a great matter "; but it is not the whole.…
Quote byGerald Gould · 1885–1936
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The English Novel of To-day (1924), p. 16.
English (original)
" Instinct," as said, " is a great matter "; but it is not the whole. believes so much in domination and antagonism that he seems not to believe in men and women—the first act of faith that God requires of the artist.
— Gerald Gould
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