ally
left out of the calculation, spoke of an uncertain future, and of
various possibilities. This was not to be avoided. Any reproduction
which was not quite literal must, in spite of the good intentions of
the reporter, have given rise to false interpretations. When,
therefore, one of the most widely read papers reported the first
lecture, without any intentional falsification, but with omissions
which altered the sense and the tendency of my words, I immediately
proposed to the conductors to print my manuscript; but this offer was
declined. In other accounts in the daily press, I was often unable to
recognise my ideas; and words were put into my mouth which I had
never uttered. And here I will admit that, when I gave the lectures,
I did not think that they would be discussed by the press, but
expected that, like others of the same kind, they would at most be
mentioned in a couple of words, _in futuram oblivionem_. Of the
controversy which sprang up at once, in separate works and in
newspaper articles, in Germany, France, England, Italy, and even in
America, I shall not speak. Much of it I have not read. The writers
often did not even ask themselves whether the report which accident
put into their hands, and which they carelessly adopted, was at all
accurate. But I must refer to an account in one of the most popular
English periodicals, because I am there brought into a society to
which I do not belong. The author of an article in the July Number of
the _Edinburgh Review_ ... appeals to me, misunderstanding the drift
of my words, and erroneously believing that I had already published
an apology of my orthodoxy.... A sharp attack upon me in the _Dublin
Review_ I know only from extracts in English papers; but I can see
from the vehemence with which the writer pronounces himself against
liberal institutions, that, even after the appearance of this book, I
cannot reckon on coming to an understanding with him, ...

The excitement which was caused by my lectures, or rather by the
accounts of them in the papers, had this advantage, that it brought
to light, in a way which to many was unexpected, how widely, how
deeply, and how firmly the attachment of the people to the See of St
Peter is rooted. For the sake of this I was glad to accept all the
attacks and animosity which fell on me in consequence. But why, it
will be