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Modern History ; desirable characteristics of such a book ; beginnings made 

 of it in my lectures: &quot; A History of Civilization in Spain &quot; ; reasons for such 

 a book ; excellent material accessible ; general characteristics of such a his 

 tory ; recommendation of this subject to historical scholars. Characteristics 

 of American life in the latter half of the nineteenth century unfavorable to 

 the carrying out of many extended projects. Distractions. An apologia pro 

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PART VIII RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT 

 CHAPTER LVIII. EAELY IMPRESSIONS 1832-1851 



Religious ideas of the settlers in central New York. The Protestant Episco 

 pal Church ; its relations to larger Christian bodies. Effects of revivalism in 

 them. My father and mother. A soul escaped out of the thirteenth century 

 into the nineteenth; Henry Gregory. My first recollections of religious 

 worship ; strong impressions upon me ; good effects ; some temporary evil 

 effects. Syracuse. My early bigotry ; check in it ; reaction. Family influ 

 ences. Influence of sundry sermons and occurrences. Baptismal regener 

 ation. My feelings as expressed by Lord Bacon. The &quot; Ursuline Manual &quot; 

 and its revelation. Effects of sectarian squabbles and Sunday-school zeal. 

 Bishop DeLancey ; his impressive personality. Effects of certain books. Life 

 at a little sectarian college. Results of &quot;Christian Evidences&quot; 513 



CHAPTER LIX. IN THE NEW ENGLAND ATMOSPHERE 

 1851-1853 



Influence of New England Congregationalism at Yale. Butler s &quot;Analogy.&quot; 

 Revivals. Sermons and prayers in the college pulpit. Noble efforts of 

 sundry professors, especially sermons of Horace Bushnell and President 

 Woolsey. The recital of creeds. Effects of my historical reading. Injury 

 done the American Church at that period by its support of slavery ; notable 

 exceptions to this. Samuel J. May. Beecher. Chapin. Theodore Parker. 

 Influence of the latter upon me. Especial characteristics of Beecher as shown 

 then and afterward. Chapin and his characteristics. Horace Greeley as a 

 church-goer; strain upon his Universalism. Dr. Leonard Bacon. Bishop 

 Alonzo Potter. Archbishops Bedini and Hughes ; powerful sermon by the 

 latter ; Father Gavazzi s reply to it 529 



CHAPTER LX. IN THE EUROPEAN ATMOSPHERE 1853- 

 1856 



Student life in Europe. My susceptibility to religious architecture, music, 

 and the nobler forms of ceremonial. Beauties of the Anglican service. 

 Sundry experiences in European cathedrals and English university chapels. 

 Archbishop Sumner. Bishop Wilberforce. My life in a Roman Catholic 

 family in Paris. Noble work of the Archbishop of Paris. Sibour ; his assas 

 sination. German Protestantism as seen in Berlin. Earnest character of 

 Roman Catholic worship in central Germany. The Russo-Greek Church as 

 seen in Russia ; beauty of its service ; its unfortunate influence on the peo 

 ple. Roman Catholicism in Italy ; its wretched condition when I first saw it ; 



