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Without reverence there is no beauty of manhood; nay, and without love, none, none. I know that to-day men praise the strength of will, of energy, and I have no dispraise for that, until it becomes one of the "idols" of the market-place. Mere strength of will is not by any means always beautiful: it is not seldom hard and brutal. Love is the stronger force when all is said, and love is beautiful. Matthew Arnold's lines contain a haunting truth.

"I, too, have longed for trenchant force

And will, like a dividing spear;

Have praised the keen, unscrupulous course

Which knows no doubt, which feels no fear.

But in the world I learnt what there

Thou, too, wilt surely one day prove:

That will, that energy, though rare,

Are yet far, far less rare than love."

(C. S. Horne, M. A.)

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KJV: Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

WEB: Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.