Author : Arthur Wollaston Hutton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391793269
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (932 download)
Book Synopsis Personal Reminiscences of Cardinal Newman (Classic Reprint) by : Arthur Wollaston Hutton
Download or read book Personal Reminiscences of Cardinal Newman (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Wollaston Hutton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Personal Reminiscences of Cardinal Newman A peculiarity of his, very familiar to all who knew him, but one which, nevertheless, should not be left unrecorded, was his extraordinary subtlety in replying to questions. It was impossible to forecast what his answer would be; and those answers were often so wide of the mark that it was difficult to take them seriously and not to conclude that they were merely meant to gain time, or to evade giving any answer at all. We sometimes used to say jestingly, It is difficult to know what he means but this is clear, he cannot have meant what he said. It was not that we thought he wished to mislead; there was something about him that forbad such a notion. Per haps it was his sense of responsibility, his knowledge that an ipse dixit from him could not fail to come with authority, that made him seldom or never give a plain answer to a plain question. Perhaps the peculiar subtlety of his mind made him see other questions involved in the'one that was asked, and that towards them he directed his reply. But whatever may have been the explanation, it certainly was the fact that his answers were not answers to the questions asked, and that this was characteristic of him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.