John Gordon, of the Congregation of the Oratory, to whom the poem is inscribed, containing an appreciation by Cardinal newman.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
This omission must be correct, being by the authority of an infallible church, and Dr. newman shows us that when the church pronounces all doubt is damnable.
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh
Attracted by newman, he was for a while a Catholic, but thought out the question of Catholicism and science, and in a letter to the New York Tribune, Nov '75, formally renounced that religion as irreconcilable with scientific facts.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
