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CARDINAL NEWMAN'S autobiographical writings are reviewed on another page by

Mr. Christopher Hollis. This extract from the book is perhaps worth recording : October 1817. A.C.N.XIII. Me invitat Hollis vinum compotare secum. Heu! nunc omni cura et diligentia opus est mihi, ne in insidias tou ponirou casurus sim. Tu Deus, O.M. gressus meos dirige. Tu es Patronus. Tu Parens; si deseris Tu, pedi.

A.C.N.X1I. Hollis adeo; nihil est symposeos spe gravi iucundissime frustratus sum.* *