Vie De Antoine Frederic Ozanam Professeur De Litterature Etrangere A La Sorbonne

Author : Kathleen O'Meara
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483666368
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Frederic Ozanam written by Kathleen O'Meara and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Frederic Ozanam: Professor at the Sorbonne, His Life and Works A struggle is preparing, ' he says, 'between the classes, and it threatens to be terrible; let us precipitate ourselves between these hostile ranks so as to deaden the shock, if we cannot pre vent it.' In 1836 he wrote to his friend Lallier The question which agitates the world today, is not a question of political forms, but a social question; if it be the struggle Of those who have nothing, with those who have too much if it be the violent shock of Opulence and poverty which is making the ground tremble under our feet, our duty, as Christians, is to throw our selves between these irreconcilable enemies, and to induce one side to give, in order to fulfil the law, and the other to receive, as a benefit; to make one side cease to exact, and the other to refuse to render equality as general as it is possible amongst men to make voluntary community Of possession to replace tax ation and forced loans to make charity accomplish what justice and law alone can never do.' He adhered to this political creed all his life. Twelve years later, on the eve Of the 'violent shock' which his far-seeing sagacity foretold, he repeats, as in his stu dent days, It is a social question do away with misery, Chris tianize the people, and you will make an end Of revolutions. (pp. The first duty of Christians, now, is not to be frightened and the second is not to frighten others but, on the contrary, to reassure the timorous, and to make them understand that the present crisis is like a storm that cannot last. (p. 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.