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If art no longer shocks, it seldom edifies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ken Loach's film, written by Rona Munro and based on a true story, horrifies and edifies in equal measure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ken Loach's film, written by Rona Munro and based on a true story, horrifies and edifies in equal measure.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is an album that edifies even as it enchants.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is that which so often edifies me in Christian writers and speakers, when I ever so much disbelieve the letter of their sentences.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William