"There are only two centres, God and ourselves; and we must rest on one or on the other."
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Sin and Its Consequences (London: Burns and Oates, 1874), p. 254.
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Henry Edward Manning
The Most Reverend Dr Henry Edward Cardinal Manning (15 July 1808 – 14 January 1892) was an English Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster and a cardinal.
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