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To the Bible men will return and why? Because they cannot do without it.

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
School Inspector
University Teacher
Writer
Laleham
Surrey
Bible
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Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye, Round the world for ever and aye.
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And see all sights from pole to pole, And glance, and nod, and hustle by And never once possess our soul Before we die.
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O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain!
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Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows Like the wave Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men. Love tends life a little grace, A few sad smiles and then, Both are laid in one cold place, In the grave.
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Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.
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Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.
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