the longest sentence ......... ever.
"The
medieval monastery or convent sought to eliminate the private and all material
distractions to encourage and enrich the spiritual life: a plain cell and minimal
possessions encouraged meditation on the transcendent, while intricate and
elaborate rituals involving precious objects, the enactment of mysteries and
the communion of prayer, response and music asserted the triumph of the
spiritual over the temporal, the balance of individual and collective."
Prison
Architecture (2000), Leslie Fairweather & Sean McConville, p. 9
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