The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is par… - John Lancaster Spalding

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The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.

John Lancaster Spalding

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John Lancaster Spalding (June 2, 1840 – August 25, 1916) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908, a notable scholarly writer of the time and, a co-founder of The Catholic University of America.

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Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts.

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The genius is childlike. Like children he looks into the world as into a new creation and finds there a perennial source of wonder and delight.

The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability. - John Lancaster Spalding

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