The “Seven Social Sins”

The “Seven Social Sins”

 

The Abbey of Westminster
Westminster Abbey, in London
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The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on 20 March 1925

 

 


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