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In no province of the vast Roman empire, as it existed in the middle of the third century, did Nature wear a richer or a more joyous garb than she displayed in Proconsular Africa, a territory of which Carthage was the metropolis, and Sicca might be considered the centre. The latter city, which was the seat of a Roman colony, lay upon a precipitous or steep bank, which led up along a chain of hills to a mountainous track in the direction of the north and east. In striking contrast with this wild and barren region was the view presented by the west and south,. | Callista by John Henry Cardinal Newman 1 Callista by John Henry Cardinal Newman The Project Gutenberg EBook of Callista by John Henry Cardinal Newman This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http license Title Callista Author John Henry Cardinal Newman Release Date December 13 2009 Ebook 30664 Language English Character set encoding ISO 8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CALLISTA CALLISTA A TALE OF THE THIRD CENTURY CALLISTA A TALE OF THE THIRD CENTURY Callista by John Henry Cardinal Newman 2 BY JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN Love thy God and love Him only And thy breast will ne er be lonely. In that One Great Spirit meet All things mighty grave and sweet. Vainly strives the soul to mingle With a being of our kind Vainly hearts with hearts are twined For the deepest still is single. An impalpable resistance Holds like natures still at distance. Mortal love that Holy One Or dwell for aye alone. DE VERE NEW IMPRESSION LONGMANS GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1904 All rights reserved To HENRY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. To you alone who have known me so long and who love me so well could I venture to offer a trifle like this. But you will recognise the author in his work and take pleasure in the recognition. J. H. N. ADVERTISEMENT. It is hardly necessary to say that the following Tale is a simple fiction from beginning to end. It has little in it of actual history and not much claim to antiquarian research yet it has required more reading than may appear at first sight. It is an attempt to imagine and express from a Catholic point of view the feelings and mutual relations of Christians and heathens at the period to which it belongs and it has been undertaken as the nearest approach which the Author could make to a more important work .