In this sermon, Newman warns of the danger arising from inordinate love for "the elegant arts and studies," or what he refers to as accomplishments. It is one thing, for example, to be well-read in the classics merely to take delight in the lofty sentiments therein expressed—but it is another thing to “apply all we read to ourselves… from the mere sincerity and honesty of our desire to please God."

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St. John Henry Newman - The Danger of Accomplishments