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The Dream of Gerontius

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  • Newman, John Henry
    In St. John Henry Newman: Mind and character of St. John Henry Newman

    …between Sardinia and Corsica, and The Dream of Gerontius (1865), based upon the requiem offices and including such well-known hymns as “Praise to the holiest in the height” and “Firmly I believe and truly.” He was always conscious of the limitations of prose and aware of the necessity for parable…

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