Download or read book Memorials of Robert Hugh Benson (Classic Reprint) written by Blanche Warre Cornish and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorials of Robert Hugh Benson Mysticism, the vision and experience which comes in passivity and by silence a silence more articulate than words as he wrote - was in the reach of the humblest. And a steady look at the man was needed. All that he gave to his contemporaries was the history of his conversion, that it might be useful to them. But there was never a word about his early life in the world, about his life as an artist in fiction. Soon we shall have many side-lights upon him, and ultimately the biography and letters promised by Father Martindale. It is here as a mystic, an Englishman who will take his place amongst the true mystics of the Church, that a few facts and souvenirs are. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.