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Benjamin Jowett : Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett

?Another book is Jowett?s life; wh. I have read with a good deal of interest. It is too long & too idolatrous; but seems to give one on the whole a good account of the man. I tried to learn from him in my time how to be a good Christian by giving up all the creeds & deciding that there is no absurdity in holding contradictory beliefs.?

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Leslie Stephen      Print: Book

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