Excerpt from Lances Hurled at the Sun Tennyson, in Locksley Hall, sings of young barbarians who hurl their lances in the sun, and the savage play brings our thought to the work of civilized agencies men who aim their shafts at the Sun of Truth, the Catholic Church, and, in their mad fancies, think they can pierce the orb, destroy its shining, and undo the beneficent heat that fills the world with the flowers and fruits of intellect and grace. 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.