" For years on end Basanavicius has been trying to convince Vilnius Council to commission the Guild of Mechanics to build the largest steam clock in Europe and install it in the Cathedral Bell tower, but the idea was opposed by the Spiritual Councillor, venerable Prelate Masalskis. Science and oil-stained inventions are one thing, he declared, but eternal spiritual values are something completely different. "

― Andrius B. Tapinas , Hour of the Wolf