Word: oxfordized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brilliant Oxford-trained historian, Goldwin Smith went to the U.S. in 1868 to teach at Cornell, later moved to Canada where he edited the Canadian Monthly. Despite the unpopularity of such views in Canada, he always argued that the ultimate union of the U.S. and the Dominion, and the breaking of Canadian ties with Britain, were economically inevitable...
Anglican Newman, a sensitive, handsome man gliding through Oxford's quadrangles in his long-tailed coat, became a powerful influence among the undergraduates. They packed the ancient church of St. Mary's to hear his sermons. "As he began to preach, his voice was faint but musical, its pitch rising, though always controlled, till 'the very tones . . . seemed as if they were something more than his own,' as if a power beyond him spoke through...
...Newman's attitude toward Rome gradually changed. In studying early Christian history, he began to suspect that his beloved Church of England was in schism. For six agonizing years Newman tortured himself with questioning and doubt. Many of his friends deserted him. .In 1842 he left Oxford to retire to a life of monastic asceticism with a few young followers...
...when one of his followers was about to leave for Oxford to meet a visiting Italian priest, Newman drew him aside and said softly: "When you see your friend, will you tell him that I wish him to receive me into the Church of Christ...
...confused with Dr. Frank Buchman's Oxford Group-a prestigious misnomer...