Word: sheed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years ago Alfred Noyes, a Catholic of eleven years' standing, wrote an able biography, Voltaire, published in the U. S. and England by Sheed & Ward, a distinguished Catholic firm. Author Noyes made no attempt to whitewash the corruptions, ecclesiastical and otherwise, of Voltaire's time; he agreed with Voltaire's observation that "to receive the Host from certain hands would be like swallowing a spider." Author Noyes did aim, however, to prove by Voltaire's own statements that he was by no means the cynical atheist he is commonly considered; that he was, in fact...
...Sheed & Ward, mindful of their Catholic public, withdrew Voltaire from British and U. S. circulation. A French Catholic firm, which had ready a translation of the book, held up publication. Meanwhile, Author Noyes sought to learn why the Holy Office thought Voltaire worthy of condemnation. He was informed that he would be told only if he would write the Holy Office a letter which, by implication, would acknowledge his errors. Unwilling to make any such blind recantation, Author Noyes did what Englishmen often do when highly irritated. He appealed to the London Times, which last fortnight printed the documents...
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF G. K. CHESTERTON -Sheed & Ward...
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF G. K. CHESTERTON-G. K. Chesterton-Sheed & Ward...