Quote#Freedom
For years your treasure has been in the Stock Exchange, or the House…
Quote byEvelyn Underhill · 1875–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Practical Mysticism (1914), Chapter V, Self Adjustment, p. 84.
English (original)
For years your treasure has been in the Stock Exchange, or the House of Commons, or the Salon, or the reviews that "really count" (if they still exist), or the drawing-rooms of Mayfair; and thither your heart perpetually tends to stray. Habit has you in its chains. You are not free.
— Evelyn Underhill
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