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Excerpt from The Irish Monthly, Vol. 3: A Magazine of Politics and Literature, 1875 There is but a single consideration to reconcile one to the idea of the imminent danger S. Catherine runs of falling into the hands of a non-catholic biographer; and it is the reflection that no one ever approached her without leaving her presence both wiser and better. Some grace, no doubt, will attach to the pen that under takes to write for English readers the history of this great woman and great saint, and to delineate a character in which were com bined clearness of intellect, warmth of affection, courage that never quailed; a character in one word, uniting sweetness and strength in marvellous and beautiful association. It will need a wide canvas on which to show the scenes of history in which this daughter of the people bore a part, and to paint the portraits of the men and women grouped around her: the Friar Preachers, the Sisters of Penance, the young noblemen who acted as her secre taries, accompanied her on her journeys, and were ready to live like mendicants so that they were not for long separated from her whom they called their mother and mistress. Meanwhile let us see whether we could not by sketching in a few lines of background, and outlining the principal figures, get, even from the rough draught, some idea of the intrinsic beauty and significance of this subject. 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.