The Modern Jove A Review Of The Collected Speeches Of Pio Nono PDF Download

Excerpt from The Modern Jove: A Review of the Collected Speeches of Pio Nono In any age, men of letters would have regarded as, at least, one of the Curiosities of Literature a volume of Speeches by a living Sovereign, who had reigned long and meddled much; but it was reserved for our days to have such a volume prefaced with a solemn assurance that the Speeches had been delivered under plenary inspiration, We have here what the portentous father of the peoples said to the thousands of his children, rather what he drew from the depths of his soul inspired by God. To all thinkers a volume SO announced must have had a peculiar kind of interest, even without the picturesque associations, per sonal, local and historic, which surround the fine old man of the Vatican. To those who believe with the editor that this treasure is the sublime and inspired effusion of the mind and heart Of the most glorious and venerated among the Vicars of Jesus Christ, its interest must be (to use another of his words) superhuman. To those who look on the speeches as those of the greatest per verter of Christ's religion, its interest must be deep and sad. To those who regard them as only the work of a clever Roman, who intones mysterious claims to compel attention from all who are so placed as to be obliged either to accept or repel them, the fact still remains that the volume is positively unique in the history of literature, both as to its occasion and its pretensions. Moreover, it will be at once received by an army of celibates, edu cated in a way, and scattered, yet combined, over the world, - all of whom, if not at first willing to confess the same faith, in its divinity, as the editor, will nevertheless be quite willing to let those who please cherish such a faith, and indeed to encourage them in so doing. 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.