Ch. II, p. 46
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I do not shrink from uttering my firm conviction that it would be a gain to the country were it vastly more superstitious, more bigoted, more gloomy, more fierce in its religion than at present it shows itself to be.
— John Henry Newman
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Source: Wikiquote: "John Henry Newman" (Quotes, 1860s, Apologia Pro Vita Sua [A defense of one's own life] (1864): Apologia Pro Vita Sua (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890))
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About John Henry Newman
Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a cardinal.
About John Henry Newman
Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a cardinal.
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