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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

7632 Herbert Spener 1820-1903 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7632
AUTHOR:Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)
QUOTATION:  We too often forget that not only is there “a soul of goodness in things evil,” 1 but very generally a soul of truth in things erroneous.
ATTRIBUTION:First Principles.
 
Note 1.
Shakespeare: Henry V, act iv. sc. i.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil
Would men observingly distil it out. [back]