Excerpt from Blessed Joan of Arc And all she tells of herself at her own great trial, as to have an indisputable claim to be accepted as good evidence. The politicians and ecclesiastics were biassed by jealousy of Joan of Arc: the soldiers never That she should be with them was all they asked in any enterprise. Nor ever went men on any enterprise, cried the young Guy de Laval, with such a good will as on this. Her name had a magnetism then, as still it has: the magnetism of high courage, swift action, and the certainty which comes to those prophetic souls who live eternally in the light of the presence of God. She chose her path and went down it like a thunderbolt, says Chesterton. How could she otherwise, seeing Who sent her forth? The business of the King requireth haste. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.