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There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, To make reason and the will of God prevail.

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
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Laleham
Surrey
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Reason
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Wilson

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