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The evil of the Church is the doing of Church work in a spirit of business, something to be got through. The only way to avoid this is for the priest to be instant in prayer. If he is not, he will lose that touch of the supernatural, without which he has no right to be a priest at all.

Arthur Middleton

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Arthur Middleton
Age: 44 †
Born: 1742
Born: June 26
Died: 1787
Died: January 1
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South Carolina
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