We have so adjusted the business relationships of men that we do not have to have hysterical religious revivals in order to keep the human factors alive in their hearts.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
He who can read and enjoy the great masters of prose and verse, or appreciate good music and painting, does not have to resort to the political meeting or religious revivals to have his emotions played on.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
They are revivals of the old Congreve method, and imply the growth of a society more decent and free from the hard cynical brutality which disgraced the earlier writers.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen