Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture.
These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known to other people.
The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal.