But either because he was an Irishman, or because he had a judicial mind, he could see the necessity of understanding what Irish Catholics aimed at before passing judgment upon them.

Froude could never get out of his mind the approval of treason and assassination to which in the sixteenth century the Vatican was committed.

It may be fascinating polemics to taunt the Church of Rome with being "always the same." But as a matter of fact the Church is not the same.

It improves with the general march of the progress that it condemns.

Froude fairly and honourably quotes a crucial instance.