Gerard Manley Hopkins Quotes

I think that the trivialness of life is, and personally to each one, ought to be seen to be, done away with by the Incarnation.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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• Ought
• Incarnation

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  Gerard Manley Hopkins
  • Life
  • Ought
  • Incarnation