Father Butler, Vol. 1 of 2: And the Lough Dearg Pilgrim; To Which Is Added National Tales

Excerpt from Father Butler, Vol. 1 of 2: And the Lough Dearg Pilgrim; To Which Is Added National TalesThus abstracted from the world, I have inquired what were to me the passions, the pursuits, the tur moils of life? And spurned them as clouds beneath mfy ascending The cry of bigotry, the shouts 0 part the congratulations of successful policy, the joy 113 of gratified ambition, - what were they to me? The hum of the bee-hive, or the busy ia dustry of an emmet's nest, was as interesting, in the abstraction'of the moment; perhaps more so, as not being associated with the misery and devastation produced among mankind by the license of unre strained passion, and the bitter consequences of a fallen nature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.