No man — prince, peasant, pope, — has all the light, who says else is a mountebank. I claim no private lien on truth, only a liberty to seek it, prov… - Morris West

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No man — prince, peasant, pope, — has all the light, who says else is a mountebank. I claim no private lien on truth, only a liberty to seek it, prove it in debate, and to be wrong a thousand times to reach a single rightness. It is that liberty they fear. They want us to be driven to God like sheep, not running to him like lovers, shouting joy!"

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About Morris West

Morris Langlo West (26 April 1916 – 9 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright.

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Alternative Names: Morris Langlo West Michael East Julian Morris
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