"He was obliged however to throw over Christianity.……" — E. M. Forster
"He was obliged however to throw over Christianity. Those who base their conduct upon what they are rather than upon what they ought to be, always must throw it over in the end . . . ."
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350 Quotes by E. M. Forster
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