Read Newman's Unquiet Grave: The Reluctant Saint Online
Authors: John Cornwell
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… without reference to success or failure other than personal.’
He goes on to reflect on his own ‘hair shirt’. ‘For myself, now I am deeply deficient in that higher
he writes. The ghost points back to his original introduction, and his intention to dismiss the ‘gho
In Newman’s view, moreover, the Anglican Church lacked conscious, intelligent life: ‘Nor can it in c
Oratorian summer house at Rednal to enjoy some cool air. The following morning, after Mass, Newman
Cardinal Newman is dead, and we lose in him not only one of the very greatest masters of English sty