| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 24367 |
| QUOTATION: | Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place—service—social service—the ants’ creed, the bees’ creed. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Galsworthy (1867–1933), British novelist, playwright. Sir Lawrence Mont, in Over the River, ch. 11, End of the Chapter, bk. 3 (1933).
The last installment of The Forsythe Chronicles. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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