Correspondence on church and religion of William Ewart Gladstone; . s and lacerations. Why did he not, like thatgreat and noble, and not less simple than great andnoble, St. Augustine, write his Retractatlones ? (Thisparagraph should have preceded the last.) Further, I can even venture Into the sphere ofintellectual judgment. Your book even raises myestimate of Mannings talent, which was always veryhigh. It greatly lowers my estimate of his wisdom,his power of forming a comprehensive judgment. Here I pause with my censures. Yet one thing Imust add. You have, with a manly force and frank-ness,
Correspondence on church and religion of William Ewart Gladstone; . s and lacerations. Why did he not, like thatgreat and noble, and not less simple than great andnoble, St. Augustine, write his Retractatlones ? (Thisparagraph should have preceded the last.) Further, I can even venture Into the sphere ofintellectual judgment. Your book even raises myestimate of Mannings talent, which was always veryhigh. It greatly lowers my estimate of his wisdom,his power of forming a comprehensive judgment. Here I pause with my censures. Yet one thing Imust add. You have, with a manly force and frank-ness, threaded the labyrinth of the double voice, andhave offered Its apology. But I fear that apology inno way covers the memorable declaration of 1848 madeto me In St. Jamess Park. Here I really pause. The immense gifts of hisoriginal nature and Intense cultivation, his warm affec-tions, his life-long devotion, his great share in revivingEngland, but above all his absolute detachment, placehim on a level such that, from my plane of thought THE NEW YOKK PUBLIC IIBKAKY. UNSOLVABLE PROBLEMS 341 and life, I can only look at him as a man looks at thestars. Even so, my difficulties in contemplating him aregrave. On the whole I leave him, in the spiritualorder where Bishop Butler leaves all the unsolved,and apparently unsolvable, problems of the naturalorder — to Him, namely, who ordained them ; in thenever-dying hope of what lies beyond the veil. Youhave so pierced into Mannings innermost interior thatit really seems as if little more remained for disclosurein the last day and when the books are me, Sincerely yours, W. E. Gladstone. APPENDIX The contents of this Appendix are taken from an immensemass of notes and memoranda extending over the greaterpart of Mr. Gladstones career. As indications of thedirection of his thoughts, they are at least as valuable ashis letters. I have arranged the extracts in an orderroughly corresponding to that of the preceding chapters. I.
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