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John Henry Newman

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It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.


— John Henry Newman


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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.


— John Henry Newman


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It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.


— John Henry Newman


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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.


— John Henry Newman


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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.


— John Henry Newman


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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.


— John Henry Newman


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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.


— John Henry Newman


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To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.


— John Henry Newman


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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.


— John Henry Newman


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Ability is sexless.


— John Henry Newman







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At school in Ealing
At the age of seven Newman was sent to Great Ealing School conducted by George Nicholas. Subsequently in a letter nominally addressed to the Duke of Norfolk when Gladstone accused the Roman Church of having "equally repudiated modern thought and ancient history" Newman affirmed that he had always believed in the doctrine and had only feared the deterrent effect of its definition on conversions on account of acknowledged historical difficulties. He said that extreme conditions which could remove bone would also have removed the coffin handles which were found.

In 1845 Newman left the Church of England and was received into the Roman Catholic Church where he was eventually granted the rank of cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. He was instrumental in the founding of the Catholic University of Ireland which evolved into University College Dublin today the largest university in Ireland.

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