Excerpt from Leaves From My Diary, 1894-1896 The examination initiated by the friends of the Anglicans in Rome might have resulted in one of four conclusions. It might have shown that, according to Catholic principles, the Orders of the Church of England must be accepted as valid by the Church; or it might have resulted in considering them as doubtful only, which would have entailed, of course, a change in the traditional mode of regarding them; or, the examination might have con firmed the practice of looking on them as not having the requisite qualities for validity in the sense of the Catholic Church; or, fourthly, it might have been thought best to abstain from giving any decision at all. 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.