Excerpt from Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Vol. 1: A Reprint of the First Edition (1864), Together With the Two Preliminary Pamphlets, (1) "Mr. Kingsley and Dr. Newman, a Correspondence;" (2) "What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?" A Reply by the Rev. Charles Kingsley
The history of the book may thus perhaps recall that of a yet more memorable expression of the religious genius, The Thoughts of Pascal. Here also the original form of what ultimately became a book was effaced for what appeared worthy reasons, not, it is true, by the writer himself, but by the friends who became possessed of his papers, and who wished to protect his memory. It was only after many years that the Thoughts as Pascal had actually left them were given to the world.
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John Henry Newman was a Roman Catholic priest and cardinal who converted to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism in October 1845. In early life, he was a major figure in the Oxford Movement to bring the Church of England back to its Catholic roots.
Eventually his studies in history persuaded him to become a Roman Catholic. Both before and after becoming a Roman Catholic, he wrote a number of influential books.
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