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Excerpt from Cardinal Wolsey
The Englishmen of his time were like the Englishmen of to-day, and had little sympathy with his objects. Those who reaped the benefits of his policy gave him no thanks for it, nor did they recognise what they owed to him. Those who exalted in the taken by the English Reformation r its bitterest foe, and never stopped to trained the hands and brains which directed it that Wolsey inspired England with the proud feeling of independence which nerved her to brave the public opinion of Europe that Wolsey impressed Europe with such a sense of England''s greatness that she was allowed to go her own way, menaced but unassailed. The spirit which animated the England of the sixteenth century was due in no small degree to the splendour of Wolsey''s successes, and to the way in which he stamped upon men''s imagination a belief in England''s greatness. If it is the characteristic of a patriot to believe that nothing is beyond the power of his country to achieve, then Wolsey was the most devoted patriot whom England ever produced.
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The Englishmen of his time were like the Englishmen of to-day, and had little sympathy with his objects. Those who reaped the benefits of his policy gave him no thanks for it, nor did they recognise what they owed to him. Those who exalted in the taken by the English Reformation r its bitterest foe, and never stopped to trained the hands and brains which directed it that Wolsey inspired England with the proud feeling of independence which nerved her to brave the public opinion of Europe that Wolsey impressed Europe with such a sense of England''s greatness that she was allowed to go her own way, menaced but unassailed. The spirit which animated the England of the sixteenth century was due in no small degree to the splendour of Wolsey''s successes, and to the way in which he stamped upon men''s imagination a belief in England''s greatness. If it is the characteristic of a patriot to believe that nothing is beyond the power of his country to achieve, then Wolsey was the most devoted patriot whom England ever produced.
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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Language - English
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Mandell Creighton
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ISBN - 9780656988266
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 239
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Mandell Creighton
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ISBN - 9781331429579
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 241
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