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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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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.
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True religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers.
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It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.
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