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Excerpt from The Soul Here and Hereafter In the Galleries of the Louvre there is a picture of "The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas," by the fifteenth-century artist, Benozzo Gozzoli. The saint is represented as seated, with his feet resting upon the body of a prostrate heresiarch. At his right hand stands Aristotle, and at his left is Plato, while our Lord appears above with the Four Evangelists. Quite below is seen Alexander IV., in the midst of a Council of the Church, appealing to the writings of St. Thomas. To the sight of this picture I owe the thought I have tried to outline - on one subject - in this book. The picture seemed to be an illustration of the words of the Prophet Isaiah, "Ye shall be called the priests of the Lord: men shall call you the ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves." 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.