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THE POPE THE KINGS AND THE PEOPLE
"Take thou the tiara adorned with the triple crown, and know thatthou art the Father of princes and of kings, and art the Governorof The world."—Coronation Service of the Pontiffs.
THE POPE THE KINGS AND THE PEOPLE
A History of the Movement to make the Pope Governor of the World by aUniversal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus tothe Close of the Vatican Council
BY THE LATE
WILLIAM ARTHUR A.M
Author of "The Tongue of Fire" etc.
EDITED BY
W. BLAIR NEATBY M.A
Author of "The Programme of the Jesuits" etc.
LONDON HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27 PATERNOSTER ROW 1903
Butler & Tanner The Selwood Printing Works Frome and London
Though I am named as the Editor of the present edition of the late Rev.Wm. Arthur's The Pope, the Kings, and the People, it is right to saythat, by a restriction of my own choosing—for the publishers weregood enough to leave me a considerable discretion,—my editorial carehas been limited to the work of abridgment.[1] It was clear from thefirst that in the short time at my disposal no attempt could be made toverify the multitude of Mr. Arthur's references and quotations, drawnas they were with a lavish hand from the contemporary literature ofhalf Europe. Happily, all his readers must recognise how intelligent,laborious and scrupulous he has been. On the other hand, I had hoped toadd a certain number of footnotes explanatory of allusions to eventsand circumstances that are much less fresh in the public memory to-daythan they were twenty-six years ago. I should also greatly have likedto point out the extent, sometimes remarkable, to which Mr. Arthur'sforecasts have been already verified. But I soon found that if I wereto introduce fresh matter it must be at the expense of portions ofthe original edition that were not to be lightly discarded. I havetherefore directed my efforts to adapting the book as far as possibleto the requirements of the present time by the process of simpleretrenchment.
This process I have carried out most scrupulously. Every word in theabridgment is Mr. Arthur's own, and in Mr. Arthur's order. I have noteven allowed myself to supply insignificant connecting words, howeverconvenient they might have been, or however plainly they might beimplied in the original work. Thi