Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This sketch of a great man and his career has been framed entirely upon his own writings – his Conferences and others – the contemporary literature, and the two Memoirs of him published by his dearest friend the Comte dc Montalembert, and by his disciple and companion Dominican, Pere Chocarne. I have aimed only at producing as true and as vivid a portrait of Lacordaire as lay in my power, believing that at all times, and specially such times as the present, such a study must tend to strengthen the cause of Right, the cause of true Liberty, above all, of Religious Liberty.