Excerpt from Letters to Young Men He tells us in the memoir at the end of this volume that no sooner in his student-days did the din of politics clash upon his ear than he became a child of his age in love for liberty as he already was in his ignorance of God and His Gospel. He did not abandon his ideal of per sonal and political liberty on his conversion; but rather it was heightened and ennobled by the fuller light which faith shed upon his soul. Freedom did not, in his Opinion, require any particular form of government he saw that it might exist under monarchy as well as under a republic, whereas even democracy might become despotic. His own views rather favoured con stitutional monarchy, and he expressed admira tion for the British constitution. For himself, however, he aspired to the ideal of a priesthood rising above all political parties, but sympa thising with every need. Towards the struggles of oppressed nationalities, or what he conceived to be such, he gave generous and warmest sympathy; and he watched with lively interest the national movements in Poland and Ireland, and'with mingled hopes and fears that of Italy also in its earlier stages. But he was able to distinguish between true liberty and the crimes committed in her name. 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.