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The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.
James Anthony Froude
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James Anthony Froude
Age: 75 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 23
Died: 1894
Died: January 1
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Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.
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Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.
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Instead of man to love, we have a man-god to worship . From being the example of devotion, he is its object the religion of Christ ended with his life , and left us instead but the Christian religion.
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