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James Anthony Froude Quote
 | “The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so.” ―James Anthony Froude Source/Notes: The Nemesis of Faith (1849) |
| “Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.” ―James Anthony Froude Source/Notes: Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies (1886) [C. Scribner's Sons, 1972, ISBN 083699096X, 9780836990966, 396 pages], p. 67 |
| “You cannot reason people into loving those whom they are not drawn to love; they cannot reason themselves into it; and there are some contrarieties of temper which are too strong even for the obligations of relationship.” ―James Anthony Froude Source/Notes: Arthur's second commentary - The Nemesis of Faith (1849) |
| “What is right or duty without power? To tell a man it is his duty to submit his judgment to the judgment of the church, is like telling a wife it is her duty to love her husband — a thing easy to say, but meaning simply nothing. Affection must be won, not commanded.” ―James Anthony Froude Source/Notes: Confessions Of A Sceptic - The Nemesis of Faith (1849) |
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James Anthony Froude
Born: April 23, 1818
Died: October 20, 1894 (aged 76)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Historian
Bio: James Anthony Froude was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine. From his upbringing amidst the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Froude intended to become a clergyman, but doubts about the doctrines of the Anglican church, published in his scandalous 1849 novel The Nemesis of Faith, drove him to abandon his religious career.
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