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> [“We have not advanced very far in our spiritual lives if we have not encountered the basic paradox of freedom, to the effect that we are most free when we are bound. But not just any way of being bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/we-have-not-advanced-very-far-in-our-spiritual-lives-if-we-have-not/)

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## More by Elton Trueblood

> [“We are in the monsoons and we must weather it out - the way of wisdom is, instead of pining for calmer days, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/we-are-in-the-monsoons-and-we-must-weather-it-out-the-way-of-wisdom/)

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> [“In the Church he (Lincoln) saw people who, though they hated war as much as the editors did, saw with clarity what the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/in-the-church-he-lincoln-saw-people-who-though-they-hated-war-as-much/)

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> [“It is most remarkable that Lincoln, when he saw so much that was vulnerable in the leadership of the Church, did not move to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/it-is-most-remarkable-that-lincoln-when-he-saw-so-much-that-was/)

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> [“He (Lincoln) differed from fanatical moralists primarily in that he was always perplexed. No sooner did he believe he was doing God's will that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/he-lincoln-differed-from-fanatical-moralists-primarily-in-that-he-was/)

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> [“Contradiction is the perfect evidence, he (Lincoln) thought, of human fallibility.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/contradiction-is-the-perfect-evidence-he-lincoln-thought-of-human/)

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> [“There are many instances in history of people who allow their skepticism to cut the nerve of moral effort, and there are numerous people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/there-are-many-instances-in-history-of-people-who-allow-their/)

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> [“He (Lincoln) saw how intellectually and spiritually impoverished a person would be if he was limited to his own personal resources. The Bible, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/he-lincoln-saw-how-intellectually-and-spiritually-impoverished-a/)

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> [“Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/take-all-of-this-book-upon-reason-that-you-can-and-the-balance-on/)

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> [“From the prophets of Israel Lincoln had learned the note will idea that there can be serving people, with responsibility to the entire "family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/from-the-prophets-of-israel-lincoln-had-learned-the-note-will-idea/)

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> [“The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man's mind that it became his normal way of speaking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/the-biblical-language-was-so-deeply-embedded-in-the-great-man-s-mind/)

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> [“He (Lincoln) recognized the delicate balance between immanence and transcendence, refusing to settle for either of these alone. His was a God who was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/he-lincoln-recognized-the-delicate-balance-between-immanence-and/)

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> [“Always, in Lincoln's mature theology, there is paradox. There is starting this, yet there is also tenderness; there is melancholy, yet there is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/always-in-lincoln-s-mature-theology-there-is-paradox-there-is/)

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> [“He was too perplexed to please the conventional and too reverent. to please the infidels.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/he-was-too-perplexed-to-please-the-conventional-and-too-reverent-to/)

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> [“A major element in Lincoln's greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment of self-righteousness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/a-major-element-in-lincoln-s-greatness-was-the-way-in-which-he-could/)

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> [“The difficulty was not that of following a moral principle at personal cost; the difficulty was that of knowing what to do when there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/the-difficulty-was-not-that-of-following-a-moral-principle-at/)

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