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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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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Now what is it moves our very hearts, and sickens us so much at cruelty shown to poor brutes? I suppose this first, that they have done no harm next, that they have no power whatever of resistance it is the cowardice and tyranny of which they are the victims which makes their sufferings so especially touching.
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Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one style is a thinking out into language.
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