loss of the soul

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He noticed the Day-Glo, photo-pro, three-to-the-beach type of surfing taking center stage and the loss of the soul of the sport he grew up in.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither is he immoderately dejected in the present adversities that may befall him; but the loss of the soul grieves him to his very heart, and he counts it worthy of long lamentation.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

This is what is called transformation, and loss of the soul in God.

From Letters of Madam Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

I venture to think the text implies, that in the very attempt to 'gain the whole world,' the loss of the soul is involved.

From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie

It would be so, if by a single unfair act he could get a fortune; leaving the loss of the soul out of the question.

From The Young Man's Guide by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)