This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...as well as truths, and did the wrong as well as the right. The helping hands stretched out to them were the hands of men who stumbled and often saw dimly, so that these beings unvisited by angels had no other choice than to grasp that stumbling guidance along the path of reliance and action which is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...as well as truths, and did the wrong as well as the right. The helping hands stretched out to them were the hands of men who stumbled and often saw dimly, so that these beings unvisited by angels had no other choice than to grasp that stumbling guidance along the path of reliance and action which is the path of life, or else to pause in loneliness and disbelief, which is no path, but the arrest of inaction and death." Poor Romola tossed about with nothing to guide her but sweet grateful memories of her father and faithfulness to those memories, cast herself on the guidance of Savonarola. Then followed the tender and beautiful unfolding of her spiritual life. She joined the Church, yet she was never quite submissive, her attitude was always critical. Her feelings towards the Church faithfully reveal George Eliot's own. There is singular appropriateness in bringing Romola and Savonarola together. At first Romola had unbounded faith in the prophet. But later she could not help having her trust shaken, when his political actions, especially in regard to her godfather Bernardo del Nero, opened her eyes to much that was questionable in him. Savonarola had come to believe that Florence was the chosen city of Jesus Christ. That was a fine faith, but it had its peculiar dangers. The Hebrews of old believed themselves a chosen people. That belief was their strength and their weakness. The best spirits among them believed that if the nation were a chosen nation it was in order to witness to all nations of the truth that was true for all; but the people came to believe that they were special favourites of heaven, and instead of going forth and witnessing to other nations, they became more and more exclusive in their spiritual pride. That is not...
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