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We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
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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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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The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.
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With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.
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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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