Selections from the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman

ts raised up

ishment of His

lly gifted with

l temper and ta

ances, differing

mote their sac

are men of acut

knowledge of h

nd persuasive

ociable, and popul

ce, instinctive

atters, as well

a measure we m

the intrepid, t

, at a time whe

anew, was the S

ity of God. Such,

estic Ambro

Athanasius. Th

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d how to cope w

, and measures

there. Athan

he went with Alexa

he year after

ose was consecra

e of t

s an instrumen

less elaborat

rich in its poli

yet not less be

precious in its

thoughtful stu

in the solitude

ening his soul i

ht and single-mi

ngth called in

f with firmness,

re, and all the s

uch an one is of

is too artless to

; unskilled in t

nfurnished in t

gligent of me

n-hearted, he doe

it seems to die

im it lives again,

to say which of

the cause of

h, perhaps, was

s of Pontus to ru

e the lowest in

but disappointm

y in pain and s

accomplished G

er respects from

an heretical city,

driven back int

as soon as his

secured. Such, p

middle age; s

No comparison i

between the rel

criptions of m

ding to the pecu

might continue

ison, we should

of the former,

latt

ns that men of

es are attracted

e. They live in i

ong time, till th

sudden event co

rities of their

into action; and

lness or separat

rue to say that t

of the two bless

ion" is relate

ad been united i

ft; and yet their

place in life c

the everyday qu

e from differen

hose favored s

t of the Apostle

presence of one

the indulgent s

fault ought not

main characters

-high energy,

incompatible, of

though in dif

only partially co

often altogether

he

character, lead

to differences,

h painfully, in

sil and Grego

e tender-hearted

accomplished,

il, the man of fi

-minded ruler o

rer in the field

hey differed; ye

common still;

discomfort of a

ed to an asceti

al tastes; bot

Catholic creed;

successful in the

hest place in th

area, the oth

I will now attem

of their