I find great numbers of moderately good people who think it fine to take scandal. They regard it as a sort of evidence of their own goodness, and of … - Frederick William Faber

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I find great numbers of moderately good people who think it fine to take scandal. They regard it as a sort of evidence of their own goodness, and of their delicacy of conscience; while in reality it is only a proof either of their inordinate conceit or of their extreme stupidity.

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About Frederick William Faber

Frederick William Faber (June 28, 1814 – September 26, 1863) was an English hymn writer and theologian.

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Alternative Names: Frederick W. Faber
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The habit of judging is so nearly incurable, and its cure is such an almost interminable process, that we must concentrate ourselves for a long while on keeping it in check; and this check is to be found in kind interpretations.… We must grow to something higher and something truer than a quickness in detecting evil.

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