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Conversations on Religion, With Lord Byron and Others; Held in Cephalonia, a Short Time Previous to His Lordship's Death
Conversations on Religion With Lord Byron and Others Held in Cephalonia a Short Time Previous to His Lordship's Death Author:James Kennedy General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1830 Original Publisher: John Murray Description: Left unfinished at the author's death. Includes a number of letters from Byron, or regarding his last days. Subjects: Greece in literature Poets, English Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no... more » illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: He was, in fact, what he represented himself to be when I saw him, -- unsettled in his religious opinions. He rejected the appellation of infidel; he said it was a cold and chilling word. He confessed he was not happy ; he said, he wished to be convinced of the truth of religion. -- We have now to consider if his conduct confirmed this statement. ' . Dr. Kennedy did not live to fill up the design which he had sketched out. There are many notes and memoranda, and extracts from Lord Byron's works ; but these are so short, intricate, and abrupt, that I cannot define their meaning. It is a source of regret to me, that I never entered into any particular conversation with respect to this intended publication. All remarks and criticisms were to be reserved till the work was finally matured: this period never arrived, and it is impossible for me to illustrate, even in an inferior manner, the design and end which Dr. Kennedy had in view. APPENDIX. chapter{Section 4 APPENDIX. [From Lord Byron.] Missolunghit March 4, 1824. Mir Dear Doctor, I Have to thank you for your two very kind letters, both received at the same time, and one long after its date. I am not unaware of the precarious state of my health, nor am, nor have been, deceived on that subject. But it is proper that I should remain in Greece; and it were better to die doing something than nothing. My presence here has been supposed so far useful ...« less