Excerpt from Three-Quarters of a Century, (1807 to 1882), Vol. 3: A Retrospect, Written From Documents and Memory in 1882 and the Following Years European publicists of many nations and of various callings in life, princes, statesmen, novelists, financiers, even ladies, have given us their impressions of the United States, its institutions, and its people. In presenting to the members of the Catholic Historical Society the pres ent volume, we offer to them the judgment of a French Jesuit Father. Our volume has, therefore, ...
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Excerpt from Three-Quarters of a Century, (1807 to 1882), Vol. 3: A Retrospect, Written From Documents and Memory in 1882 and the Following Years European publicists of many nations and of various callings in life, princes, statesmen, novelists, financiers, even ladies, have given us their impressions of the United States, its institutions, and its people. In presenting to the members of the Catholic Historical Society the pres ent volume, we offer to them the judgment of a French Jesuit Father. Our volume has, therefore, the merit of novelty. It ofiers us the conclusions of a man who, in stead of looking on the world from the inside, observes it from the retirement of the cloister, whose standard of Opinion is not that of success and experience, but rather that of principle and right. Not that Father Th???baud was a dreamer and a theorist; his own pages, as well as Father Campbell's testimony, prove the contrary. He was an open-minded gentleman, in terested in all that interests the cultured man - science, art, politics, literature, commerce. His book suggests the picture of a man of sympathy for his fellow men, especially for the humble and the suffering; of one who appreciates justice, fairness, kindness, charity, where ever he meets them. While, like all his brethren, a doughty, militant champion of Mother Church, he. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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