Quote#Truth
Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or…
Quote byMary Augusta Ward · 1851–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Robert Elsmere (1888), Book IV. Ch. xxxviii, p. 365.
English (original)
Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system!
— Mary Augusta Ward
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