“He who has seen a ghost, cannot be as if he had never see…” John Henry Newman

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Portrait of John Henry Newman — John Henry Newman
*Apologia Pro Vita Sua*, Part V (Project Gutenberg #19690 (Dent edition))

After the vivid impression of 1839 fades, he knows he cannot return to his former certainty about the Anglican position.

Citation: "He who has seen a ghost, cannot be as if he had never seen it. The heavens had opened and closed again." — John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Part V (Project Gutenberg #19690 (Dent edition)). (id apologia-pro-vita-sua-q5)

Portrait: Cardinal Newman Portrait (cropped), Herbert Rose Barraud, Public domain.

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Quotation from Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman