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Excerpt from Publications of the Catholic Truth Society, Vol. 13
If the work in Ireland, owing to circumstances, had not proved a success, there was another that ought to have done so, the abandonment of which, involuntary on Dr. Newman's part, has been a heavy blow to the Church in England. I mean the projected translation of the Holy Scriptures under his guidance. It was suggested or proposed to him by Cardinal Wiseman; and with characteristic energy he chose a company of writers, and began his own share Of the undertaking. But from causes which have never been explained - pub lishers' interests, I believe, Of some, but not of con siderable, magnitude, were at stake - the translation was relinquished; and, unless Cardinal Newman has left behind him his own manuscript, the work is as though it had never been. Another severe disappointment was the failure Of his scheme to establish an Oratory at Oxford, for which the ground had been secured. Pro paganda was apprehensive that Dr. Newman's presence in Oxford might lead Catholics to imagine themselves absolutely free to send their sons thither. But an Oratory in Oxford over which Dr. Newman did not preside, would have fallen short of its purpose. He remained at Edgbaston; and there he set up a school which, so far as Catholic discipline would allow, was modelled upon the great public schools Of England, and has turned out distinguished alumni.
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