Excerpt from Phases of Thought and Criticism A large portion of the present volume has already appeared in print, some of it in pamphlets and some in the pages of the "American Catholic Quarterly Review." Part was read before young men pursuing their studies; part, before the Concord School of Philosophy, and part, before the International Congress of Education held in New Orleans in 1885. The original matter has been revised, partly rewritten, and coordinated with the view of making apparent the unity of design and continuity of thought running through the whole book. The chapter treating of Newman might have been developed to greater length, now that its subject has passed away and a variety of opinions has been pronounced upon him; but as the pen-picture here given, outlined about fourteen years ago, found recognition and approval at the hand of that eminent Thinker himself, the author deemed it best not to disturb its original dimensions, and contented himself with the filling in of a few additional strokes. 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.