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John Keble
John Keble

John Keble, a renowned British poet, was born on April 25, 1792, and died on March 29, 1866. Known for his religious poetry and literary criticism, Keble was a key figure in the Oxford Movement. more

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“Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that, whereas the laws of the motions of the heavenly bodies, far removed as they are from us, are perfectly well understood, the laws of the human mind, which are under our observation all day and every day, are no better understood than they were two thousand years ago.”

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