A resolution to attend theatres or operas is an absolute disqualification for Holy Orders. - Samuel Wilberforce

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Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings.

Samuel Wilberforce

A resolution to attend theatres or operas is an absolute disqualification for Holy Orders.

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If I were a cassowary On the plains of Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary, Cassock, band, and hymn-book too.

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O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea.

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

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