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are consulting very poorly for its interests . . . . And now I am prepared by every
proof possible to show that I will not depart by a breadth of a finger - nail from
those who are in accord with the Catholic Church . I know that everything must be
...
are consulting very poorly for its interests . . . . And now I am prepared by every
proof possible to show that I will not depart by a breadth of a finger - nail from
those who are in accord with the Catholic Church . I know that everything must be
...
Page 172
So he temporized , and yielded to the promptings of expediency and self -
interest . The most pregnant sentence in the whole letter above quoted is the last
one , wherein he states openly that he does not deem it for his own best interests
to ...
So he temporized , and yielded to the promptings of expediency and self -
interest . The most pregnant sentence in the whole letter above quoted is the last
one , wherein he states openly that he does not deem it for his own best interests
to ...
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meated with a supreme egoism , Clement faced a trio of the most consummate
and adroit politicians that the world has ever known ; and , if in his desire to
safeguard the interests of the Papacy , or even of the Italian states , they
sometimes ...
meated with a supreme egoism , Clement faced a trio of the most consummate
and adroit politicians that the world has ever known ; and , if in his desire to
safeguard the interests of the Papacy , or even of the Italian states , they
sometimes ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 5 |
QUARREL With LEE | 17 |
CONTROVERSY With STUNCIA | 47 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Volume 2 Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, John Joseph Mangan Volume 2 of Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: Derived from a Study of His Works and Correspondence, John Joseph Mangan |
| Author | John Joseph Mangan |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1927 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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