"'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly;……" — Austin Farrer
"'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death.' But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with charity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace."
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Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.
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