Leigh Hunt Quotes


For the most part, we should pray rather in aspiration than petition, rather by hoping than requesting; in which spirit also we may breathe a devout wish for a blessing on others upon occasions when it might be presumptuous to beg it.


Citations

Hunt, Leigh. The Religion of the Heart: A Manual of Faith and Duty. John Chapman, 1853, p. 17.

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Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt
  • Born: October 19, 1784
  • Died: August 28, 1859
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Poet

James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.