Downside the History of St Gregorys School From Its Commencement At Douay to
Downside the History of St Gregorys School From Its Commencement At Douay to
Henry Norbert Birt
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The night of persecution and exile from that date began to glide into the dawn of a partial freedom, which in its turn passed into the brightness of the noonday of the Catholic revival. In that revival St. Gregory's has played its part; and whether by the rulers that Alma Mater has fur- nished to the Church or by its share in the work of education, it has added to its record during the nineteenth century. In 1795 bigoted prejudice and ignorance both of the teaching and of the lives of the Catho...lic clergy were as marked a feature of the mind of the average Englishman as they had been any time during the eighteenth century. Nevertheless, there was a growing tendency towards granting greater tolera- tion to the Catholic subjects of his Britannic Majesty ; added to which, horror at the excesses of the Reign of Terror and 123 DOWNSIDE SCHOOL pity for its outcast victims led the nation to extend its arms in welcome to the unfortunate French refugees who fled for safety and protection to our hospitable shores.
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