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HISTORICAL SKETCHES
VOL. I.
THE TURKS IN THEIR RELATION TO EUROPE
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
APOLLONIUS OF TYANA
PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY
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TO THE
RIGHT REVEREND DAVID MORIARTY, D.D.
BISHOP OF KERRY.
My dear Lord
If I have not asked your Lordship for your formal leave to dedicate thisVolume to you, this has been because one part of it, written by me as anAnglican controversialist, could not be consistently offered for thedirect sanction of a Catholic bishop. If, in spite of this, I presume toinscribe your name in its first page, I do so because I have a freedomin this matter which you have not, because I covet much to be associatedpublicly with you, and because I trust to gain your forgiveness for asomewhat violent proceeding, on the plea that I may perhaps thereby beavailing myself of the only opportunity given to me, if not the mostsuitable occasion, of securing what I so earnestly desire.
I desire it, because I desire to acknowledge the debt I owe you forkindnesses and services rendered to me through a course of years. Allalong, from the time that the Oratory first came to this place, you havetaken a warm interest in me and in my doings. You found me outtwenty-four years ago on our first start in the narrow streets ofBirmingham, before we could well be said to have a home or a church. Andyou have never been wanting to me since, or spared time or trouble, whenI had occasion in any difficulty to seek your guidance or encouragement.
Especially have I cause to remember the help you gave me, by yourprudent counsels and your anxious sympathy, when I was called over toIreland to initiate a great Catholic institution. From others also,ecclesiastics and laymen, I received a hearty welcome and a largeassistance, which I ever bear in mind; but you, when I would fill theProfessors' chairs, were in a position to direct me to the men whosegenius, learning, and zeal became so great a part of the life andstrength of the University; and, even as regards those whose highendowments I otherwise learned, or already knew myself, you had yourpart in my appointments, for I ever tried to guide myself by what I hadgained from the conversations and correspondence which you had from timeto time allowed me. To you, then, my dear Lord, more than to any other,I owe my introduction to a large circle of friends, who faithfullyworked with me in the course of my seven years of connexion with theUniversity, and who now, for twice seven years since, have generouslykept me in mind, though I have been out of their si