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For me this world was neither so high nor so low as the Church would have it chequered over with its wild light shadows, I could love it and all the children of it, more dearly, perhaps, because it was not all light.
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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Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows.
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To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair.
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Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous.
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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
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