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126 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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species of adherence to the faith of his fathers , is thus forcibly described : —
har But " d _Seckendorfs he bare had facts no obj p of ection hilosop life— that hy with ht stood you to wh him and as atever firm others as verdurou a should _joictures rock , s and cover imag whether as ination up hard this and of you rock this as could — barren world these get . !
to or grow the next there j and . If held you them broug up to him , Elysian for his own conviction , , as realities he was to believehe coldly repelled you , or he beat you down with his sarcasm ,,
But religious if you creeds spoke , of of the them world as convictions as portions of the the most people remarkabl —if you spoke e in the of the dram great a of elements of thilifethere
nothing human li he fe— seemed you had to his admire sympathies so much directl as our y that . great As he imaginations s of another hi , hpriest life was .
himself You would some think Egyptian then , hierarch to hear , him who , talk if he , did not was precisel some y great believe g all - the mysteries , and miracles he promulgated , had a sincere and not ignoble desire
that others should believe . " of Th philosop e gloomy hy but strugg its les doubts and , sufferings and retaining of Cyril nothing , " knowing of relig nothing ion but
its fears" land him eventually in that haven where many a weak so and many fearful , are spirit at this has , in moment our time tending , sought . As refu we ge and have his rest frien sai , d d whither , writes Cyril
becomes a monk . Of his days of strife and sorrow thus : — not wish to describethe depth of terror and
"I cannot describeand do , affliction soul athirst whi for ch p Cyri iety l , seemed felt as his driv earliest en from faith the was only being temple rent in which from him it could . A at times It became
recoiled worship difficult . from to He converse grew assent restless with he him , gloomy was . If afraid , I assented to find even to himself any morose of ri his . ght new . He views imme very , he - my ;
intellectual scepticism diately began , he classes to becam quarrel and e vehement overwhelmed with the and terms me angry of with my , railed eloquent assent at . the tirades If I h controverted ypocrisy on the love of the his of
nothing truth . and Some could knowled be philosop proved , hers ; and there there ingenuity were were others , he in said who showing , deli who ghted deli that ghted to nothing use to tlieir show could philo that be
yet disproved sophy , from , — a that certai what n point ge seems , of view most , wear absurd a , perfectly to the man rational of common aspect . sense Amongst may him this latter At class he he would rarel sometimes to rank rooms me . Hearing The cloud he was was darkening unwellI went over
to see . him length . I asked him y after came his health my ; he . did not answer the question , , took long no And heed as sleep he of less pressed it ; his nights thoug my — hand sleep hts were less he burs elsewhere and t in into l pain an ! — agony ' Oh and , Tho not of did rndale tears to know . feel ! ' He he in how had said to , my attempt ' pray to most pass I
sincere sympathy ; but how distressingy powerless I my to relieve him 1 " Let us turn from this dark icture to the sunny opinions and
beliefs of Clarence : not more opposed p are day and night than these two men ; both earnest seekers of the same truth : —
querable < c Clarence conviction ' s philosop in the hy progress is full of of faith humanity , fu this ll ; of he hope will . not at He variance hesitate has an with cordiall uncon the y -
of present to his adopt reli wants the gious last of doctrines a truth progressive of that the reason they society are , because . fit When only an ' for seems antagonist the climate objects of Utop to ia some , ' his
this answer —that is , if I its will reli believe gion , is then true in , and the is reli already gion of h Utopia ere amongs ; and t us be _* you what assured you call of
126 Notices Of Books.
126 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/54/
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