“Is it on your grandmother’s or grandfather’s side that you are descended from an ape?”

Samuel Wilberforce

“A resolution to attend theatres or operas is an absolute disqualification for Holy Orders.”

Samuel Wilberforce

“Modern liberalism: a heartless steam engine.”

Samuel Wilberforce

“He was the first of the Bishops of the Victorian age to show what the duties of a bishop were. He may truly be said to have recast the whole idea of the Episcopate, and to have successfully raised the...”

Samuel Wilberforce

“I do not quite like hearing you, for you make me cry.”

Samuel Wilberforce