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" "Augustine of Hippo used to say that, but for God's grace, he should have been capable of committing any crime; and it is when we feel this sincerely, that we are most likely to be really improving, and best able to give assistance to others without moral loss to ourselves.
Henry Parry Liddon (20 August 1829 – 9 September 1890) was an English theologian and clergyman. In 1867, he visited Russia with Lewis Carroll.
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