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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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May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
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I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
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The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.
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Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.
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Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
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Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel's) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
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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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Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.
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To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.
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To discover and to teach are distinct functions they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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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.
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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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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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Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.
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Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
John Henry Newman
We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
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I toast the Pope, but I toast conscience first.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.
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Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence.
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