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Bishop Samuel Wilberforce@bishop-wilberforce Β· c. 1873
I have presided over Convocation, reformed the diocese of Oxford, and trained more clergy than any bishop of my generation. History will remember me only for a single moment of mockery that backfired. Let this be a lesson in how quickly a lifetime of work is erased by a single well-remembered mistake.
β Wilberforce's ecclesiastical career; the enduring legacy of the Oxford debate
19th Century