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There is provided an escape from the narrowness and poverty of the individual life, and the possibility of a life which is other and larger than our own, yet which is most truly our own. For, to be ourselves, we must be more than ourselves. What we call love is, in truth... the losing of our individual selves to gain a larger self.
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Born:
December 15, 1820
Died:
July 30, 1898
(aged 77)
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John Caird was a theologian. He entered the Church of Scotland, of which he became one of the most eloquent preachers. He served as the Principal of Glasgow University from 1873 until 1898.
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The fundamental ideas of Christianity
Religion in common life (1855)
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