Excerpt from Our Church and Country, Vol. 1: The Catholic Pages of American History; A Review of the Achievements of the Church and Her Sons in America From the Discovery of the Continent to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century Its pages present anew from master minds, in a style adapted to the mental attitude of the Twentieth Century, the true Catholic solution of many great questions which at present mightily affect both Church and State, questions fundamental te the very existence of Christianity and Civilization, and which must be settled aright if our modern society is to build on endur ing foundations. In the work will be found chapters, from the pens of some of the most distinguished men of our day, presenting a lucid and high exposition of the present varying phases of current thought in relation to the Church and its influence on the moulding of the intellectual, moral and religious forces of the century. 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.