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It has been said that true religion will make a man a more thorough gentleman than all the courts in europe. and it is true that you may see simple laboring men as thorough gentlemen as any duke, simply because they have learned to fear god; and, fearing him, to restrain themselves, which is the very root and essence of all good breeding.
-Charles Kingsley
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It Has Been Said That True Religion

Charles Kingsley
It has been said that true religion will make a man a more thorough gentleman than all the courts in europe. and it is true that you may see simple laboring men as thorough gentlemen as any duke, simply because they have learned to fear god; and, fearing him, to restrain themselves, which is the very root and essence of all good breeding.
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