Ampleforth Journal Vol 23 Classic Reprint

Ampleforth Journal, Vol. 23 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Ampleforth Journal, Vol. 23 Tors have declared their opinion. That nothing has appeared in the course of their investigation to impeach the characters of the Rt Rev. Dr Baines, or Messrs Burgess, Rooker and Metcalfe, yet, as there were matters which required explanation, they are not of opinion that the charges brought against his Lordship and these gentle men were such as to impeach the character of their accusers. It will be advisable to discuss these two statements in detail when I take up the story of the Arbitra tion, or Investigation-as Fr T. Abbot prefers to consider it. For the present it is enough to note that the arbitrators. 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.

The Ampleforth Journal, Vol. 25

Excerpt from The Ampleforth Journal, Vol. 25: Autumn, 1919 The literary aspect of a speech is the art of a speech. Some speeches are works of art, and some are not. It says nothing, or almost nothing, for the excellence or the success of a speech that it is a Work of literary art. The object of a speech is to persuade and the persuasiveness of a Speech may evidently depend on a variety of circumstances with which literature, and therefore art, has nothing to do. The Speaker's personal qualities - his voice, his presence, his history and character; the composition of the audience, and its temper the psycho logical moment (in Bismarckian jargon); and a dozen other things, often contribute more to success in speaking than any excellence of composition. When the good Vicar, in Brace bridge Hall, preached his Christmas sermon, he undertook to prove, against the Puritans, that it was right and proper to rejoice at that holy season; the sermon was very learned, very dry, and very tiresome, 'but its effect was most satis factory, for his hearers, as soon as they got out of church set to work to make merry in the most devoted and orthodox fashion. 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.

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