Quote#Truth
A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth…
Quote byHenry Liddon · 1829–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford: Second Series (1887), Sermon XIV: "The Curse on Meroz" (June 9, 1872), p. 217..
English (original)
A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth cannot but destroy, or at least impair most seriously, the clearness of our mental vision.
— Henry Liddon
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