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Cardinal Newman was a 19th-century English theologian and cardinal. John Henry Newman was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was previously an Anglican priest, and after his conversion to Catholicism, became a cardinal. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Let us act on what we have since we have not what we wish.”
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“Reason is God's gift but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.”
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