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When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless
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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Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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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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