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The redeeming character of Franciscan enthusiasm-it's ability to…
Quote byEvelyn Underhill · 1875–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Mystics of the Church (1925).
English (original)
The redeeming character of Franciscan enthusiasm-it's ability to change, brace and expand the most unlikely spirits and impel them to exacting discipline and selfless work-are fully shown in her. (Angela of Fogligno).
— Evelyn Underhill
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