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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
John Henry Newman
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John Henry Newman
Age: 89 †
Born: 1801
Born: February 21
Died: 1890
Died: August 11
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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