Can it cure the one spiritual disease?” asked Father Brown, with a serious curiosity. β€œAnd what is the one spiritual disease?” asked Flambeau, smiling. β€œOh, thinking one is quite well,” said his friend.
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As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly.
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