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Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

~James Anthony Froude

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In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

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The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

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Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

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Human improvement is from within outward.

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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

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The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

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Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

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To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Historian

Born: April 23rd, 1818

Died: October 20th, 1894

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