And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANPraise 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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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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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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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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It is not God’s way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread to any wide extent among the people, how can we dream, how can we hope, that trial and trouble shall not accompany its going forth.
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There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
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All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.
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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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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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It’s really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, … The situation is just so tenuous with where it’s going to hit. You don’t want to take any chances.
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