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Patriotic and Civic
Occasions

By

Catholic Orators

Volume I

PUBLIC

NEW YORK

JOSEPH F. WAGNER

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Copyright, 1915, by JosETH F-WAGNER (Inc.), New York

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S. A.

EDITOR'S PREFACE

THE aim in publishing this collection of Addresses is, chiefly, to place at the disposal of Catholic readers valuable material for ascertaining the position of the Church in regard to momentous questions of modern times, and for the vindication of the claims and the policy of the Church against absurd and fallacious charges of her antagonists.

In times like the present, the honor and the defence of the Church are largely placed in the hands of her members, and they owe it to themselves and to their Church to equip themselves for their task. The Addresses will be found to contribute, in the words of men well qualified to speak for the Church, weapons destined to combat bigotry and hatred, as well as data for softening and allaying prejudice among those who mean well but who are influenced by prejudice, or who have been led astray by astute and deceptive critics, and who often need only a ray of light to bring them within the fold.

It is devoutly hoped, therefore, that the excellent matter gathered in these volumes may be put to extensive use for the honor and glory of God, and for the good of His Church.

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