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Human knowledge and reason are too delicate to overcome human passion and pride
Drawn from what John Henry Newman said
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- John Henry Newman English theologian and cardinal (1801 to 1890)
Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk; then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man.
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↗The Idea of a University, Part I: University Teaching (Discourses, 1852)gutenberg.org
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