Selections from the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman

h, from his sa

ed Chrysostom,

ge, when he had

erial officer

distant exile. He h

day now for near

h, then in the

t of speech, as i

assical orators

had made an Empr

than Antipater

tive, as Fulvia.

istian preach

y, but classes of

stor and ruler t

as to denounc

t be taken of

taken off a few

e place of exile, w

s entreaties,

death did but s

the persecution

ne her part in

changed her mind

itation of a ba

condition, the c

t of the way; bu

se of her, wen

rk which she had

t kill him, they

ross a far wilde

versed, to a re

f the Euxine; a

esh tri

hat strange m

the abyss of ou

rranean basks u

nter of civiliza

plendid drama of

been carrie

es; while the Blac

skirts of the h

f wild unnatura

theus on the sav

ring witch her

e Phasis, and

hipwrecked strang

the more histor

f barbarous tribes

rs, flitting ove

circle its inho

om the bright c

or Greece to su

ath; and the

ed death to exil

this dread doom

dly to be despe

vicious life on

ube and the sea

oic Popes who pat

till a martyrdo

t the suffering

was an immense

ugh he had liber

and the prospect

ate through the

as debarred

d forum. Chryso

curia; it was

ce gained for him

d more moment

erthrow of Catil

ry, it was not by

, or the splend

he surname of "M

y wrong if we s

rounded period

credentials by

doctor of the Ea

the instrument

ly, adequately ex

rt and with

the living id

which he had to

ke, because his

things to spea

esponded to th

mb, that quicknes

a man excels in

ill. It would be

, to ask whether

or flowing, whe

it was natural

f every really e

of purpose, his

oble earne

rful, gentle s

erament open

this elevated, re

of heaven,-su

nning follower

s sweetness, fran

s labors, in h

hers only. "I

t thrice-blessed

e he ever in all hi

is object, to b

to all other m

aside, or took t

Nay, as to his

ughts of Scripture

s depths, and si

disregarded in c

of his

otius,

tle affectation

there was effort

had been one of

age of twenty

s of the world,

er and study of

o the mountains

, and had lived

s home for six y

er to subdue the

. "Lately," he w

ately, when I h

he city and bet

f the monks,

usying myself h

ions; whether it

bread for my ea

ered to use the

food, to under

ns, or of sever

g wood or water,

account of bodily

rvous anxiety a

had begun: b

fected its object,

he took upon hi

ere a trouble to

f his monastic e

cave; he slept,

own; he exposed

cold. At length

ds of discretion

e fell ill, and

i

Demetriu

etic practice s

ual effects upon

im, though the s

s duty at Const

orld; and he l

ds such restrai

iepiscopal stat

oes, and an und

was ever delic

to have his own

. However, he m

men; and he

s, of young and old

by condescendin

was loved at An

t used to trans

Asterius, count

r him, and ask hi

the city. Hav

drove off with

ighroad to Const

s were in readin

was brought upo

h have given him

the catalogue

city he was as m

, as at Antioc

" says Sozomen,

of them to he

thers to make

ay, one and all

he did about th

his words, an

so that, when th

es together in

an effort to ge

more perfectly,

them, and taught

1] He was, indeed,

d enemies; to i

esentment; but

e "stronger" t

an "hell"; and

f he was so

ist. v

as far as I can

and doctors of

t. Gregory Nazi

erhaps and rese

up the secular st

ks. There is no

how that they

They, as well

nemies; and we

the other perhaps

not, on the

mpathetic, indi

is another ch

perhaps gained f

d, as it would

what may be cal

own. He was

had a life-long

ng pain and a w

bore his burde

e great Saint he wa

en like Job's. He

l day; St. Joh

g-time, bright

h its rain. Grego

ng spell of pleas

ved by thunder

sius figures t

r, with its wild

p of the great m

shining ove

o points in commo

hbishop of Cons

nd, again, de

s. Like Basil, too,

mities of body;

wizened; cold

ted his head; h

was obliged t

exercise, or r

he move. Whether

ion, he was war

tain times, his

reason. But he

lains as little a

f things; which

and hopes on i

sink down in