When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, … — Dinah Maria Mulock

When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but simply do it. When we have done it, however blindly, perhaps Heaven will show us why.

Dinah Maria MulockNovelist · English · 1826 – 1887

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