Excerpt from His Holiness Pope Pius IX, and the Temporal Rights of the Holy See, as Involving the Religious, Social, and Political Interests of the Whole World: With a Notice of Some Important Passages in the History of Pope Pius the SeventhIf I may with reverence adopt those words of my divine Master, I would say, that on the occasion on which we are met together if we were to keep silence, the Stones would' cry out. Yes, the very stones would re proach usl The consideration of the position of our holy and venerable Pontifi' at this moment of trial is enough to cause emotion in the most stony of hearts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.