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We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they were being overloaded — a mere book to keep the poor in order.

Charles Kingsley

Bible, Biblical, Special

"Politics for the People".

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I hope that my children, at least, if not I myself, will see the day when ignorance of the primary laws and facts of science will be looked upon as a defect only second to ignorance of the primary laws of religion and morality.

Charles Kingsley

Children, Ignorance, Law

Charles Kingsley (1873). “Town Geology”, p.15

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Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Charles Kingsley

Reading, Book, Men

Charles Kingsley (1849). “Twenty-five Village Sermons”, p.254

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Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.

Charles Kingsley

Hymns, Long, Singing

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writer" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 456, 1895.

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Did not learned men, too, hold, till within the last twenty-five years, that a flying dragon was an impossible monster? And do we not now know that there are hundreds of them found fossil up and down the world? People call them Pterodactyles: but that is only because they are ashamed to call them flying dragons, after denying so long that flying dragons could exist.

Charles Kingsley

Men, Dragons, Years

Charles Kingsley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Kingsley (Illustrated)”, p.2515, Delphi Classics

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Do you feel that you have lost your way in life? Then God Himself will show you your way. Are you utterly helpless, worn out, body and soul? Then God's eternal love is ready and willing to help you up, and revive you. Are you wearied with doubts and terrors? Then God's eternal light is ready to show you your way; God's eternal peace ready to give you peace. Do you feel yourself full of sins and faults? Then take heart; for God's unchangeable will is, to take away those sins, and purge you from those faults.

Charles Kingsley

God, Heart, Love Is

Charles Kingsley (1859). “The Good News of God: Sermons”, p.369

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And how high is Christ's cross? As high as the highest heaven, and the throne of God, and the bosom of the Father that bosom out of which forever proceed all created things. Ay, as high as the highest heaven! for if you will receive it when Christ hung upon the cross, heaven came down on earth, and earth ascended into heaven.

Charles Kingsley

Father, Forever, Heaven

Charles Kingsley (1859). “The Good News of God: Sermons”, p.147

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The health of a church depends not merely on the creed which it professes, not even on the wisdom and holiness of a few great ecclesiastics, but on the faith and virtue of its individual members.

Charles Kingsley

Church, Holiness, Virtue

Charles Kingsley (1856). “Hypatia ... The second edition”, p.11

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Let us ask ourselves seriously and honestly, 'What do I believe after all? What manner of man am I after all? What sort of show would I make after all, if the people around me knew my heart and all my secret thoughts?" What sort of show then do I already make in the sight of Almighty God, who sees every man exactly as he is?'

Charles Kingsley

Believe, Heart, Men

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writer" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 276, 1895.

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Men must work, and women must weep.

Charles Kingsley

Work, Men

'The Three Fishers'

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Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song.

Charles Kingsley

Dream, Song, Sweet

Charles Kingsley (1877). “Favorite Poems”, p.21

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Tis the hard grey weather Breeds hard English men.

Charles Kingsley

Men, Weather, Grey

'Ode to the North-East Wind'

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In proportion as man gets back the spirit of manliness, which is self-sacrifice, affection, loyalty loan idea beyond himself, a God above himself, so far will he rise above circumstances, and wield them at his will.

Charles Kingsley

Loyalty, Sacrifice, Men

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writer" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 405, 1895.

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The world is God's world, after all.

Charles Kingsley

World

Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke (fict. name.) (1862). “Alton Locke”, p.303

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Study nature as the countenance of God.

Charles Kingsley

Study, Countenance

Charles Kingsley (2008). “Daily Thoughts (EasyRead Large Edition)”, p.102, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Love is sentimental measles.

Charles Kingsley

True Love, Love Is, Sentimental

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Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

Charles Kingsley

Birthday, Romantic, Past

Charles Kingsley, Frances Eliza Kingsley (2011). “Charles Kingsley, His Letters and Memories of His Life”, p.461, Cambridge University Press

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Whatever may be the mysteries of life and death, there is one mystery which the cross of Christ reveals to us, and that is the infinite and absolute goodness of God. Let all the rest remain a mystery so long as the mystery of the cross of Christ gives us faith for all the rest.

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God, Long, Life And Death

Charles Kingsley (2008). “Out of the Deep: Words for the Sorrowful: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.98, ReadHowYouWant.com

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There will be no true freedom without virtue, no true science without religion, no true industry without the fear of God and love to your fellow citizens.

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Citizens, And Love, Virtue

Charles Kingsley, Frances Eliza Kingsley (2011). “Charles Kingsley, His Letters and Memories of His Life”, p.157, Cambridge University Press

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Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.

Charles Kingsley

Spring, Grief, Kissing

Charles Kingsley (2008). “The Saint's Tragedy: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.138, ReadHowYouWant.com

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All the butterflies and cockyolybirds would fly past me.

Charles Kingsley

Butterfly, Past

Charles Kingsley (2016). “The Water Babies”, p.217, Charles Kingsley

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Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you.

Charles Kingsley

Mean, World, Possession

Charles Kingsley (2008). “The Saint's Tragedy: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.17, ReadHowYouWant.com

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And now I'm old and going--I'm sure I can't tell where;
One comfort is, this world's so hard, I can't be worse off there

Charles Kingsley

Age, Comfort, World

Charles Kingsley (1858). “Andromeda: And Other Poems”, p.94

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For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep.

Charles Kingsley

Life, Sleep, Men

Charles Kingsley (1872). “Poems: Including The Saint's Tragedy, Andromeda, Songs, Ballads, Etc”, p.212

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Mathematical knowledge is not-as all Cambridge men are surely aware-the result of any special gift. It is merely the development of those conceptions of form and number which every human being possesses; and any person of average intellect can make himself a fair mathematician if he will only pay continuous attention; in plain English, think enough about the subject.

Charles Kingsley

Science, Men, Thinking

Charles Kingsley (2008). “Scientific Lectures and Essays”, p.93, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Born: June 12, 1819
Died: January 23, 1875
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