John Henry Newman (d. 1890), by Sir John Everett Millais (d. 1896)
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Growth is the only evidence of life.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
And here\u2019s a bonus quotation from Cardinal Newman:<\/p>\n
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Lead, kindly Light, amid th\u2019encircling gloom;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nLead thou me on!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe night is dark, and I am far from home;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nLead thou me on!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nKeep thou my feet; I do not ask to see<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe distant scene\u2013one step enough for me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was not ever thus, nor pray\u2019d that thou<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nShouldst lead me on.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nI loved to choose and see my path; but now,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nLead thou me on!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nI loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nPride ruled my will. Remember not past years.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
So long thy pow\u2019r hath blest me, sure it still<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nWill lead me on<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nO\u2019er moor and fen, o\u2019er crag and torrent, till<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe night is gone.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nAnd with the morn those angel faces smile,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nWhich I have loved long since, and lost awhile!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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