The Earl of Manchester, who was said to be the best-tempered man in England, does not seem to have been able to support this vexation with equanimity, and he sent a somewhat acrid reply to his son, whose apologetics were also refuted by Lucius, Lord Falkland.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
Historically, this task has been assumed as a legacy from Christian apologetics; and it has involved, at any rate so far as European philosophy is concerned, the definition of ultimate being in such spiritual terms as make possible the relation with man postulated in Christianity.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
It is a faith that does not lend itself to apologetics, but, like the coming of the cows, it seems to work out with amazing regularity.
"Mushrooms on the Moor"
Frank Boreham