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I HAVE called this hook Aletheia rather than The Truth, hecalloe there is more in the Greek word than is conveyed in its English synonym applicable to my undertaking. I want not only to tell what I conscientiously believe to he the truth upon the most important subject that can possihly engage the attention of beings created for eternal life; but to tell it openly, and in a way that I hope will attract public attention. I wish most earnestly to bring what I have to say on the Catholic Rule of Faith into the open light, that it may have a chance of holding its own amongst the many new theories on religion which now attract the attention of the reading world. I take to myself no credit for saying again what has been so much better said thousands of times over by really learned men: but I cannot help feeling that what the old Faith has to say for itself, must be said in a way that will fall in with the taste of the times. I would give anything I possess to write with the power and eloquence of those who fascinate the public in favor of modern theories of unbelief. Wanting in all hut the desire to shine in this attractive light, I would at least, my my efforts to leave the well-beaten track of theological ponderosity, show how heartily I entered into the views of writers who maintain, that if religion is to have fair play, her cause mue-t be pleaded in a fashion that will not at any rate frighten, by its rigid precision, and alarming profundity, and copiousness of matter, those who may be disposed to hear what it has to offer to a generation tired of everything that is food for serious thought. It must be apparent to everyone who reads the leading magazines and reviews, that there is no place in them for the teaching of the venerable Catholic Church. This teaching is simply ignored; and the impression naturally left on the public mind is that there is nothing to be added to the old story. Those who write in the interests of the fashionable theories feel, as by a sort of instinct, that if they dwell for a moment on the conservative principles of Catholicism, they run the risk of shutting themselves out from any share of public attention; and hence they write learnedly on the guesses of the scientists, without the least allusion to the doctrines of the old Church. I have a hope that if, from the absence of any attempt to display scholastic learning, this book is looked through even cursorily, it may possibly help to revive the traditions of the faith: and by its circulation, which promises to be large, stimulate really gifted men to present religious food to the public, in a shape that may excite an appetite for religious teaching.

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