"If you think it right to differ from the times, and to make a stand for any valuable point of morals, do it, however rustic, however antiquated, however pedantic it may appear; do it, not for insolence, but seriously--as a man who wore a soul of his own in his bosom, and did not wait till it was breathed into him by the breath of fashion."--The Rev. Sidney Smith, Canon of St Paul's. IN a passage of characteristic sagacity, Dr. J. H. Newman has depicted the partisan aimlessness more descriptive of the period when this little book first appeared, sixteen years ago, than it is now. But it will be long before its relevance and instruction have passed away. I there…
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