“Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.”

— John Henry Newman

Essays Volume II, Essay XIV: "Private Judgment" http://www.newmanreader.org/works/essays/volume2/private.html British Critic (July 1841).

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English cleric and cardinal 1801–1890

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