Religion
- William Ward (priest) (c. 1560–1641), English Roman Catholic martyr
- William Ward (missionary) (1769–1823), British pioneer, Baptist missionary
- William George Ward (1812–1882), English Roman Catholic theologian and mathematician
- William Hayes Ward (1835–1916), American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist
- William Ward (bishop) (1761–1838), Anglican clergyman and the Bishop of Sodor and Man
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“In the latter part of the seventeenth century, according to the historian of Dunstable, “Towns were directed to erect ‘a cage’ near the meeting-house, and in this all offenders against the sanctity of the Sabbath were confined.” Society has relaxed a little from its strictness, one would say, but I presume that there is not less religion than formerly. If the ligature is found to be loosened in one part, it is only drawn the tighter in another.”
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“As soon as beauty is sought, not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.”
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