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Excerpt from The Inner Life of Dame Gertrude More
Nearly half a century has rolled by since Abbot Sweeney wrote of Father Baker''s Life of Dame Ger trude More thus This [work] was in two volumes; the second is unfortunately lost. In this Life the Father describes the whole method of his guidance of his spiritual daughter. It is full of the most practical instruction, and we cannot too deeply regret that any portion of such a work should be lost to us. The first volume was accidentally picked up in Germany a few years ago perhaps the second may yet be recovered.
The pious hope of the Abbot has been fulfilled. Some years ago the Life of an Unknown Nun, as it was described in the catalogue, was picked up by a monk of Ampleforth Abbey for a tri?ing sum, and upon examination the volume was found to contain in manuscript the substance of Father Baker''s Life of Dame Gertrude More, with a few passages here and there omitted by the copyist for the sake of brevity. This precious work of Father Baker, by the courtesy of the Abbot of Ampleforth,1 I am now able to submit to the public for the first time.
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Nearly half a century has rolled by since Abbot Sweeney wrote of Father Baker''s Life of Dame Ger trude More thus This [work] was in two volumes; the second is unfortunately lost. In this Life the Father describes the whole method of his guidance of his spiritual daughter. It is full of the most practical instruction, and we cannot too deeply regret that any portion of such a work should be lost to us. The first volume was accidentally picked up in Germany a few years ago perhaps the second may yet be recovered.
The pious hope of the Abbot has been fulfilled. Some years ago the Life of an Unknown Nun, as it was described in the catalogue, was picked up by a monk of Ampleforth Abbey for a tri?ing sum, and upon examination the volume was found to contain in manuscript the substance of Father Baker''s Life of Dame Gertrude More, with a few passages here and there omitted by the copyist for the sake of brevity. This precious work of Father Baker, by the courtesy of the Abbot of Ampleforth,1 I am now able to submit to the public for the first time.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Gertrude More
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265704394
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 358
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ISBN - 9781331086048
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