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O'Rourke, Father William F. M., Cincinnati, Chio, to Henry F. Brownson, Detroit, Michigan, 1889 May 1

 Item
Identifier: CBRH III-3-c

Scope and Contents

Father O'Rourke orders the 20 volumes of Brown son's Works in cloth and asks about freight and payment and whether these volumes contain all of Dr. Orestes A. Brownson's writings from the time he ceased his Review in 1864, until he resumed it in 1873, and from 1876 to his death, much of which he wrote for different publications and did not attach his name. Father O'Rourke has been a priest for nearly a quarter of a century and has spent most of his spare time in the study of philosophy and theology and even now knows nothing; but he thinks Dr. Brownson the greatest man that ever lived, at least for him personally. He longed to see him and to ask him about six questions which give him great difficulty. One pertains to the question of "thought" in his "Essay on Atheism", and he can find no answer, not even in Father DeConcilio's "Pantheism". He prays for Brownson and remembers him at Mass. :: III-3-c A.L.S. 3 pp. 8 vo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1889 May 1

Language of Materials

English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

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