A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London. (Charles Kingsley)

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.

Charles Kingsley

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