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The Receipts of this Volume are for the same Charity as those of

the preceding.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE ROAD OF WISDOM.

Dangers of the new road, arising from the false wisdom which leads men from

the centre, 5. Avenue by the esteem of wisdom in the Catholic Church, 11.

The retreats of the wise, 12; honours paid to them, 15; wisdom in the ancient

sense not appreciated elsewhere, 17; wise men by right reason find an avenue,

23; faith is health of mind, 24; all is reasonable in Catholicity, 25; it distin-

guishes false from true lights, 27; it accepts and unites all true ideas, 29; its

thoughts are harmonious, 32; profound. The schoolmen, 35. The Catholic

philosophy of law, 36. Avenue by the humility of wisdom, 38. The pride of

sophists, 39. The simplicity and humility of Catholicism, 44. Avenue by the

religious character of wisdom, 46; its piety, 48; its dogmatic character, 52;

charge of ignorance as to science no obstacle to Catholicism, 53; wisdom seeks

the firm ground of faith, 57; concentration of mind, 60; acceptance of mys-

teries, 63. Avenue by the profound character of Catholic wisdom, 67; op-

posed to the type of wordy eloquence and popular display, 68. The Catholic

philosophy, 72; conversation, 77. Avenue by the pacific character of wisdom,

79. Avenue by the universal character of Catholicism, 87; it is rational and

traditional, 87. Simultaneous cultivation of the head and heart, 94. Meta-

physics, 96; evil of science when separated from religion,-its excellence

when combined with it, 104. The ideal of wisdom realized within the Church,

107.

CHAPTER II. p. 114.

THE ROAD OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES.

The forest recalls to memory the trees of the Bible. Avenue to Catholicism by

the Bible having been authoritatively derived from the Church, 116; by recog-

nizing that the Church is the central source of a true esteem and veneration

for the Bible, 117; by observing the inordinate views respecting it evinced by

others, 120; and the wise discipline of the Church respecting the use of the

Bible, 122. Avenue by the expositors of Scripture, 132. Avenue by its con-

tents, 136.

CHAPTER III.-p. 141.

THE ROAD OF CONTEMPLATION.

The forest invites to contemplation, 145; to which all men turn at times, 145.

Issue to Catholicity by a consideration of the brevity of the road of life, 146;

by the silence which reigns on this road, 150; by the piety which naturally

accompanies contemplation, 154; by the alienation from the world which it

involves, 157; by the pleasures attending it, 158; by the affinity which it

creates with Catholic lovers of nature, 161; by the studies which generally

attend it, 166; leading to a belief of Catholic doctrines, or to symbolic, posi-

tive, and mystic theology, 168. Avenue by the aggregate of all contemplative

impressions, 170.

CHAPTER IV.-p. 174.

THE ROAD OF DIVINE VIRTUE.

Analogy of the forest with morality, 175. This road followed by many in all

ages, 176.
The avenues from it to Catholicism enumerated, 176-7; consti-

tuted by the insufficiency of nature unassisted, 177; by the supernatural cha-

racter of virtue in Catholicism, 179; first general impressions on beholding it,

180. Distinctions in detail; issue by its conformity with the Christian doc-

trine, 184; by its elevation above nature, 185; by its supernatural object, 190;

by its contempt of the world, 192; by its love of God, 194; by its conformity

to his will, 196; by its imitation, 199; by its love of men, 202; by its forgive-

ness of enemies, 203; by its resistance to the passions, 209; by its humility

and patience, 213; by its government of the tongue, 218; by its combination

of good and noble qualities, 222; by its justice, 225; by its general diffusion

through all classes, 226; by its zeal, 233; by its independence of national

differences, 244.