Selections From the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman: For the Use of Schools (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Selections From the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman: For the Use of Schools<br><br>Newman s best essays display a delicate and hex ible treatment of language without emphasis without oddity which hardly arrests the attention at first the reader being absorbed in the argument or state ment - but which in course of time fascinates as a thing miraculous in its limpid grace and suavity Edmund Gosse''s History of Modern English Literature.<br><br>The work of Newman reveals him as one of the great masters of graceful scholarly finished prose. It is individual it has charm and this is the secret of its power to interest. N o writer of our time has re?ected his mind and heart in his pages as has Newman. He has light for the intellect and warmth for the heart.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.