Excerpt from The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward, Vol. 9: Helbeck of Bannisdale Suppose, therefore, in such a story as had begun already to shape itself from the mists, this triumphant weakness, this dying to live were given to the woman, who yet, as standing for modern civilisation, and the ideas on which it is built, would have in truth the strong and conquering role? Suppose to her were assigned the same instinctive loyalty to something greater than herself, which she cannot expound or analyse, but which she feels, for ...
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Excerpt from The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward, Vol. 9: Helbeck of Bannisdale Suppose, therefore, in such a story as had begun already to shape itself from the mists, this triumphant weakness, this dying to live were given to the woman, who yet, as standing for modern civilisation, and the ideas on which it is built, would have in truth the strong and conquering role? Suppose to her were assigned the same instinctive loyalty to something greater than herself, which she cannot expound or analyse, but which she feels, for which she can die, as that which made the tragedy and the greatness of the Catholic story? Let her bear in her frail hands the torch of freedom, and let her sink and perish under the weight of it! Let her represent the same dumb clinging a clinging of the heart to an idea; place on her lips that same pitiful cry of tortured but inexorable loyalty that has given a terrible beauty to so many Catholic martyrdoms; but let it be in the interest of that order of thought which is opposed to Catholicism in a life-and-death struggle. And let this dumb clinging rob her of life and joy, just as the older fidelity robbed its votaries of life and joy through generations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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