FOOTNOTES:
[59] “I answered, the person whom we were opposing had committed himself in writing, and we ought to commit ourselves, too.”—Apologia, p. 143.
[60] “I very much doubt between Oxford and Cambridge for my boy. Oxford, which I should otherwise prefer, on many accounts, has at present two-thirds of the steady-reading men, Rabbinists, i.e. Puseyites.” But this was probably an exaggeration.—Whately’s Life; letter of Oct. 1838, p. 163 (ed. 1875).
[61] “The sagacious and aspiring man of the world, the scrutiniser of the heart, the conspirator against its privileges and rights.”—Prophetical Office of the Church, p. 132.
[62] Parochial Sermons, iv. 20. Feb. 1836.
[63] Vide J.B. Mozley, Letters, pp. 114, 115. “Confidence in me was lost, but I had already lost confidence in myself.” This, to a friend like J.B. Mozley, seemed exaggeration. “Though admiring the letter [to the Vice Chancellor] I confess, for my own part, I think a general confession of humility was irrelevant to the present occasion, the question being simply on a point of theological interpretation. I have always had a prejudice against general confessions.” Mozley plainly thought Newman’s attitude too meek. He would have liked something more spirited and pugnacious.
[64] Romanism and Popular Protestantism, from 1834 to 1836, published March 1837; Justification, after Easter 1837, published March 1838; Canon of Scripture, published May 1838; Antichrist, published June 1838.
[65] Cf. Lyra Apostolica, No. 65:
Thou to wax fierce
In the cause of the Lord!
* * * * *
Anger and zeal,
And the joy of the brave,
Who bade thee to feel,
Sin’s slave?
[66] This weak side was portrayed with severity in a story published by Mr. Newman in 1848, after he left the English Church—Loss and Gain.
[67] Apologia, p. 156.