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<dl><dd>"The publication of St. Gregory the Great's Life of St. Benedict,  together with the Spirit of the Saint's ascetic rule, in a form  adapted for an extensive circulation, seems to demand in the  way of introduction some such brief explanation as may serve  to guard the minds of simple and pious readers, not merely  against the grounds on which monastic life is made the subject  of open attack and ridicule under the opprobrious name of  *' monkery," but also against others less open to suspicion by  which it may notwithstanding come to be almost as effectually  robbed of the honour that is both its rightful due and that has  in all ages and times been paid to it by the faithful."</dd></dl><p>Digitized by Google.
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<dl><dd>"With ten illustrations from original designs."</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Benedictines; Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino</div>
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<dl><dd>Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604</dd>
<dd>Formby, Henry, 1817-1884</dd>
<dd>Ullathorne, William Bernard, 1806-1889. Spirit of the rule of St. Benedict</dd></dl></div>
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