The Liberals Convert a Cardinal

They are hard at work trying to take over a great 19th century mind which they do not own—and as a result, Newman comes out distorted, unrecognizable, Liberal

John Henry Newman, alive, was not a man to tangle with. His mind cut through the haze of English thought and Liberal confusion. In controversy with Peel, Gladstone and Kingsley, he gave an impression of immeasurable stature—a mental giant forced into unequal battle by a series of arrogant pygmies.