Excerpt from Cardinal Manning: From the French of Francis De PressenséThese pages, written for a Review,1 aimed at presenting, in a necessarily imperfect shape, a slight sketch of one of the loftiest and noblest Christian figures of this century. They are now reproduced unchanged, but in a more permanent form, partly in obedience to kindly advice and too highly flatter ing requests, but more especially because I wished to answer certain criticisms to which these modest articles have given rise.Were I to consult only my own wishes, and, I will add, my own interests, I should most probably do better in not seeking to prolong the naturally ephemeral existence of a production called forth by a special occasion. When one has cherished for long.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.