"Nothing that man ever invents will absolve him……" — Charles Kingsley
"Nothing that man ever invents will absolve him from the universal necessity of being good as God is good, righteous as God is righteous, and holy as God is holy."
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98 Quotes by Charles Kingsley
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Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.
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Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.
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A garden, sir, wherein all rainbows and flowers were heaped together.
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The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about…
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He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
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The loveliest fairy in the world; and her name is Mrs Do as you would bed one by.
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Make it a rule and pray to God to help you keep it . . . never, if possible, to…
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Those clouds are angels' robes.
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Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more…
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[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan…
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For science is ... like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
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[The] great fairy Science, who is likely to be queen of all the fairies for many a year to come,…
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