Anthony Trollope Quotes

But as the clerical pretensions are more exacting than all others, being put forward with an assertion that no answer is possible without breach of duty and sin, so are they more galling.

Anthony Trollope

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• But as the clerical pretensions are more exacting than all others, being put forward with an assertion that no answer is possible without breach of duty and sin, so are they more galling.

  

  Anthony Trollope
  • Sin
  • Answer
  • Galling