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But we will have detached ourselves from the bedrock that has made us unique in the history of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2016

If the heart have its tendrils twined round the Cross, it will have detached them from the world around.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander