Quote#Self
Conviction is the Conscience of the Mind
Quote byMary Augusta Ward · 1851–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Robert Elsmere (1888), Book IV, Ch. xxvi, p. 344.
English (original)
Conviction is the Conscience of the Mind.
— Mary Augusta Ward
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