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James Anthony Froude was a British novelist born on April 23, 1818, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died on October 20, 1894. He is renowned for his historical novels and biographical literature, particularly for his descriptions of British historical figures and events.

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“The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.”

Universe Lines Moral Written Morality Documents Ciphers

Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects

Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects

“The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so.”

Humans Stories Life Is Simple Moral Aim Expected Being True Human Life

Book:The Nemesis of Faith

Source: The Nemesis of Faith

“Charity is from person to person; and it loses half, far more than half, its moral value when the giver is not brought into personal relation with those to whom he gives.”

Giving Persons Values Loses Half Moral Relation Charity Giver Moral Values

Book:The nemesis of faith: or, The history of Markham Sutherland

Source: The nemesis of faith: or, The history of Markham Sutherland

“Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.”

Art Moral Experience

Book:Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St. Andrews, March 19, 1869

Source: Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St. Andrews, March 19, 1869

“Life is more than a theory, and love of truth butters no bread: old men who have had to struggle along their way, who know the endless bitterness, the grave moral deterioration which follow an empty exchequer, may well be pardoned for an over-wish to see their sons secured from it; hunger, at least, is a reality.”

Source: The nemesis of faith: or, The history of Markham Sutherland

“It may be from some moral obliquity in myself, or from some strange disease; but for me, and I should think too for every human being in whose breast a human heart is beating, to know that one single creature is in that dreadful place would make a hell of heaven itself. And they have hearts in heaven, for they love there.”

Thinking Knows Should Humans Heart May Heaven Human Beings Moral Hell Strange Creatures Disease Breasts Human Heart

Book:The Nemesis of Faith

Source: The Nemesis of Faith

“There are at bottom but two possible religions--that which rises in the moral nature of man, and which takes shape in moral commandments, and that which grows out of the observation of the material energies which operate in the external universe.”

Men Two Religion Universe Energy Grows Moral Materials Shapes Bottom Observation Commandments Nature Of Man

Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects

Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects

“History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.”

Law Fall Voice Moral Opinion Forever Written Century Morality Eternity Manners Creeds Tablets Moral Law Rise And Fall

Book:Short studies on Greate Subjects

Source: Short studies on Greate Subjects

About the Author

Born: April 23, 1818
Died: October 20, 1894
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 114

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