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Francis William Newman : The Soul: Her Sorrows and her Aspirations: an Essay towards the Natural History of the Soul as the Basis of Theology

Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 1 October 1849:

'The perusal of Harriet Martineau's "Eastern Life" has afforded me great pleasure; and I have found a deep and interesting subject of study in Newman's work on the "Soul." Have you read this work? It is daring — it may be mistaken — but it is pure and elevated. Froude's "Nemesis of Faith" I did not like; I thought it morbid; yet in its pages, too, are found sprinklings of truth.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë      Print: Book

Francis William Newman : The Soul

'... I was too severe on Newman ... There are many striking, wise and good things in the first part of his book, so that the latter falls on you with the shock of a shower-bath, and disposes one to say hard things...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Jessie Sismondi      Print: Book

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