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Richard Whately

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To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.


— Richard Whately


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To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.


— Richard Whately


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Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.


— Richard Whately


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In 1829 Whately was elected to the professorship of political economy at Oxford in succession to Nassau William Senior. Behind the scenes Thomas Hyde Villiers had lobbied Denis Le Marchant on his behalf with the Brougham Whigs. Among his other works may be mentioned Charges and Tracts (1836) Essays on Some of the Dangers to Christian Faith (1839) The Kingdom of Christ (1841).

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