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Abbot, Archbishop, and Father Paul, 43 2 Abbott, Dr.. on Bacon and Machiavelli, 228 Absolutism. causes contributing to, 288 impulse given to, by teaching of Machiavelli, 41 inherently present in France, 237-40 and the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 121 the old, its most revolutionary act, 275 sanction of, 433 Absolutists, eighteenth century, their care solely for the State, 273 Acta Sane/orum authority on the inception and early growth of the Inquisition, 554 Acton, Lord- Character and characteristics of- Absolutism detested by, xxxi, xxxiv admiration of, for George Eliot and for Gladstone, basis of, xxiii Catholicism of, xii-xiv, xix, xx, xxvii, xxviii; attitude of, to doctrine of Papal Infallibility, xxv, xxvi; reality of his faith, xviii et seq. ideals cherished by, document embodying, xxxviii-ix; need of directing ideals practised by, xxii, xxiv individualistic tendencies of, xxviii intense individuality of, xvi objection of, to doctrine of moral relativity, xxxii, xxxiii personality of, as exhibited in pre- sent volume, xii; greatness of, xxii, xxxvii, xxxviii severity of his judgments, xxv, xxvii

Literary activity and tastes of- contributions of, to periodicals, light thrown by, on his erudition and critical faculty, ix History of Liberty projected by, xxxv as leader-writer, ix preference of, for matter rather than manner in literature, xxii literary activity, three chief periods in, xii-xiv writings of, planned, xxxv, xxxvi; and completed, ix et passim; why comparatively few, xxxv- vii; qualities in, iv, x, xvi; instance of, xi; the real inspira- tion of, and of his life, xxi; style of, xxxiv et seq, origin, birth, and environment of, xiv, xviii, xix, xxxiii political errors of, xxviii et seq. ; on freedom, xxxi; on Liberalism, xxv, xxx on Stahl, 391 Adams, J, Q" on the Christian faith, 5 8 5 denying the influence of the pilgrims on the American Revolution, 584 despondency of, as to American con- stitution, 579 discriminating between American and French Revolutions, 580 on Hamilton, 582 Adams, the younger, 578 Addison, J,. inconsistent ideas of, re- garding liberty, 53 Address of the Bishops at Rome, Wise- man's draft, the facts concerning, 444-5 ; attacks on, of the Patrie, 439, 443, 444, 445; Wiseman's reply, and see Home and .Foreign Review Ahrens, cited on national government. 227

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