"There was within him a vein of sheer gold β a warmth of feeling and lightness of heart which captivated an audience, confounded his critics, and made even the most vehement radical or the most austere orthodox clergyman admit, after meeting him, that he had been utterly disarmed by his encounter with a man who expressed so fully in his own life and character the true spirit of Christianity and living faith."
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David Newsome, The Parting of Friends: A Study of the Wilberforces and Henry Manning (1966), p. 31
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (August 24 1759 β July 29 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, theologian, and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. His third son was Bishop Samuel Wilberforce.
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