Richard Whately (1787–1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian
Source: Elements of Rhetoric (1828), p. 52-53
“Asceticism may offer a way of escape from the temptations that come from association with one's fellows and bring a sense of release and contentment. But the universal family can never be built by hermits. Contact may lead to contamination, but it is essential to redemption. Love never flees from the object of its affection. Where pain is most severe and sorrow most bitter, there love is most solicitous and untiring.”
Source: Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929), p. 32
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