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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...the blue eyes dim And the smiling, child-like lips apart. Tenderly bury the fair young dead, Pausing to drop on his grave a tear; Carve on the wooden slab at his head, "Somebody's darling lies buried here." LXII.--CHARACTER OF FENELON. 1. The most powerful charm in the writings of Fenelon is that affectionate regard for the author which they inspire in the reader's mind. You feel that it is a true friend who approaches you and would pour his soul into yours; tht.t you CHARACTER OF FENELON. 151 are holding intimate communion with a pure, sincere and highly gifted individual. 2. In this communion your worldly cares and sorrows are moderated or suspended, at least for a time, and you enter into that spirit of self-sacrifice and self-oblivion which is the key-note of all the writings of Fenelon. Your whole heart is made to expand with the love that inspired his own, and you are willing to forgive human nature the many bad men she has produced, since she gives you this one noble and exalted specimen. 3. The sermons of Fenelon were the outpourings of his noble and affectionate heart. He would begin a discourse by instructing his flock in the reasons for their faith, and then he would proceed to inculcate that spirit of charity which is the crown of all the virtues. In him, love to God as the great source of felicity to all sentient existence was supplemented by love to man and an active desire to make that love effectual in works. 4. In the personal appearance of Fenelon there was a sublime simplicity, and his manners corresponded to his face and person, for they were marked by that ease which makes others easy, and they had the inexpressible charm of good taste and refinement. He was gifted with a natural eloquence, a ready, clear and agreeable elocuti...
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