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It is the education which gives a man a clear, conscious view of their own opinions and judgements, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them, and a force in urging them. It teaches him to see things as they are, to go right to the point, to disentangle a skein of thought to detect what is sophistical and to discard what is irrelevant.

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It is thy very energy of thought
Which keeps thee from thy God.


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Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.

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After he had gone over the mansion, his entertainer asked him what he thought of the splendours it contained; and he in reply did full justice to the riches of its owner and the skill of its decorators, but he added, "Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists."

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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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John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman
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Born: February 21, 1801
Died: August 11, 1890 (aged 89)
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