Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - We must never throw away a bushel of truth

We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.

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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, 1815–1881, English Anglican Churchman, Dean of Westminster Cathedral, Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895

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About the Author

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Born: December 13, 1815
Died: July 18, 1881
Nationality: English
Profession: Priest, Historian

Biography

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, FRS, known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of a number of works on Church History. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

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