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A literature that faithfully studies human nature cannot be sinless
Drawn from what John Henry Newman said
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- John Henry Newman English theologian and cardinal (1801 to 1890)
It is a contradiction in terms to attempt a sinless Literature of sinful man. You may gather together something very great and high, something higher than any Literature ever was; and when you have done so, you will find that it is not Literature at all.
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↗The Idea of a University, Part I: University Teaching (Discourses, 1852)gutenberg.org
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