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Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensibly; so that, unless vigilant care be employed, a great change may come over the character without our being conscious of any.

Richard Whately
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Richard Whately

Richard Whately
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Born: February 1, 1787
Died: October 8, 1863 (aged 76)
Bio: Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
Known for:
  1. Elements of logic (1826)
  2. Easy lessons on reasoning (1845)
  3. Paley's Moral Philosophy, With Annotations
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  • rhetoric
  • bible
  • system
  • men

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