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This is to be observed of the bishop of london, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his idiosyncrasy a strange fund of enthusiasm, a quality which ought never to be possessed by an archbishop of canterbury, or a prime minister of england. the bishop of london sympathies with everything that is earnest; but what is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

-Benjamin Disraeli

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Benjamin Disraeli

This is to be observed of the bishop of london, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his idiosyncrasy a strange fund of enthusiasm, a quality which ought never to be possessed by an archbishop of canterbury, or a prime minister of england. the bishop of london sympathies with everything that is earnest; but what is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

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