Excerpt from The Life of Frederick Denison Maurice, Vol. 2 of 2: Chiefly Told in His Own Letters At such a moment, just before the movement begins, it is well to give a Sketch of the leader as he appeared to a distinguished foreigner who was about this time visiting England. On the whole, I believe, it will be better to describe my father's home life and habits after the story of his life has been followed through the storm, into which he was now about to plunge, and into somewhat calmer waters. Herr Brentano, the present Professor Of Political Economy at Strasburg, has recently thus recorded his own and Mr. Huber's remembrance of my father. After speaking Of the dangerous severance Of classes which had at this time shown itself in England, and tracing with great Skill the causes of this national weakness, he goes on. In this condition of things arose Frederick Denison Maurice. B. A. Huber has described him as a man, whom very few Of his contemporaries and countrymen equalled in inward piety, genuine patriotism, intellectual gifts, and in a cultivation, many sided, free, and altogether thorough whom not many Of them equalled in disposition, character, and life, and especially in that true sweetness of character which was the result of the proportion and harmony Of so many gifts and efforts. I can thoroughly confirm this statement from my personal knowledge. The characteristic Of the man which left the deepest impression on me was a striking union of severe earnestness of purpose with irresistible kindliness. These two qualities were at once the cause and the effect Of the complete drenching of his whole being in Christianity. It is necessary to explain quite clearly what this implies. 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.