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James Neill Last updated: 30 Aug 2004
Decline of Fitness due to modern methods of locomotion [moving about]; Decline of Initiative and Enterprise due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; Decline of Memory and Imagination due to the confused restlessness of modern life; Decline of Skill and Care due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; Decline of Self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of stimulants and tranquilizers; And worst of all: Decline of Compassion due to the unseemly haste with which modern life is conducted or as William Temple called “spiritual death”.
Decline of Fitness due to modern methods of locomotion [moving about];
Decline of Initiative and Enterprise due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis;
Decline of Memory and Imagination due to the confused restlessness of modern life;
Decline of Skill and Care due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship;
Decline of Self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of stimulants and tranquilizers;
And worst of all:
Decline of Compassion due to the unseemly haste with which modern life is conducted or as William Temple called “spiritual death”.