The Life Of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson With Illustrations PDF Download

Excerpt from The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, Vol. 1 of 2 I have been able to use, to state nothing which is not fully supported by the evidence. In writing the history of a mind, not 'just of actions or events, this has not always been quite easy. Yet, striving to work inwards from outside, I have not hesitated to accumulate a number of small details, quite trivial and exterior in themselves, convinced that in the superficial phenomenon was to be detected an expression of, or key to, the real man. Nothing has been asked for out of mere curiosity, nor related from sheer love of gossip. And indeed, to those who at any rate knew and loved him, even these trivialities may be clear; while to others, again, the echoes of his voice - speaking things not necessarily important, even, or original - may bring some portion of the help and consolation it brought, already long ago. What I have said, I have checked constantly by submitting it to the opinion of all (i think) of Monsignor Benson's close associates, and, whenever this has been possible, by sending it in proof to those who so kindly had supplied the data for it. It will be understood that I have believed that no true homage is paid to a life like Hugh Benson's, by treating it as if it had been one of achieved perfection from the outset; that he never changed, never increased, was a Saint in his cradle, or grew, even, towards sanctity, without many a growing pain, much inequality of development, much momentary loss of interior equilibrium. A man's very faults are not so discreditable as the good use he may make of them is honourable and self-development always implies self-conquest. Finally, while I have most earnestly hoped not to wound the feelings of anyone, Catholic or non-catholic. 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.