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A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.
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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Dear Lord...shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul...Let me thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around me.
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Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
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I toast the Pope, but I toast conscience first.
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Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous information whither Thou art taking me. I will be what Thou wilt make me, and all that Thou wilt make me. I say not, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest, for I am weak, but I give myself to Thee, to lead me anywhither.
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If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.
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God has created me to do Him some definite service He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.
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Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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