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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...the service of a promising candidate for honors. They abound in various material, yet one cannot say that they contribute much to our knowledge of Butler, or to the advance of Christian ethics or Christian theology. Mr. Gladstone is a brilliant financier, an able administrator, an accomplished parliamentarian, a splendid orator, a striking and interesting personality; but he is not a profound thinker. His rhetoric is more copious than lucid, more vigorous than luminous. You recognize the acute and practised debater in his replies to some modern critics of Butler. Yet he interests rather than satisfies us. His discussions of Butlers method, and of his mental qualities, are perhaps the best parts of what must be pronounced a rather dull volume. Some readers may care to know that the author somewhat leans toward the doctrine of conditional immortality. Apleatant picture of Leo XIII. Mr. Justin McCarthys "Pope Leo XIII." strikes us as easily the best volume, thus far, in the useful "Public Men of To-Day " series (P. Warne & Co.). Mr. McCarthy is in full sympathy with his theme, and he treats it lucidly and temperately, and with commendable breadth and balance of judgment where the papal attitude toward vexed social and political questions, past and current, is discussed. It will be well worth while for those who wish to inform themselves briefly and pleasantly as to the main features of Leos career and personality, and his share in and views on public events, to turn to Mr. McCarthys little book. Especially good are the chapters on the German Kultur-Kampf, and the Churchs relations with organized labor. There is an attractive frontispiece portrait of the Pope, showing a strong, calm, benevolent face--truly ..".
| ISBN-13 | 9781152026414 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152026410 |
| Weight | 2.07 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.43 In |
| List Price | $46.86 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 648 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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