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This was perfectly true from Anselm's point of view, but the other was equally true from William's. The fundamental assumptions of the two men were irreconcilable.
His future life, so far as we can see, was most noticeably affected by two men older than himself, and belonging to the dons both of them fellows and tutors of St. Anselm's, though on different planes of age. The first one, Edward Langham, was Robert's tutor, and about seven years older than himself.
He dropped his paradoxical melancholy; he roared as gently as any sucking dove; and Robert, catching from the pessimist of St. Anselm's, as the evening went on, some hesitating commonplaces worthy of a bashful undergraduate on the subject of the boats and Commemoration, had to beat a hasty retreat, so greatly did the situation tickle his sense of humour.
'Why should you give up your living? asked the Squire after several minutes' complete silence. He too had sat down, and was now bending forward, his sharp small eyes peering at his companion. 'Simply because I prefer to feel myself an honest man. However, I have not acted without advice. Grey of St. Anselm's you know him of course was a very close personal friend of mine at Oxford.
When it was explained to Anselm that this was a formula of the king's which meant that his favour was to be bought, he refused on grounds of policy as well as of principle to increase, or even to renew, his former offer. This seemed like a final breach with the king. William's anger was great when he heard of Anselm's decision.
Anselm's friend on the spot wrote to Elsmere, and with each post the news grew more despairing. Since Elsmere had left Oxford he could count on the fingers of one hand the occasions on which he and Grey had met face to face. But for him, as for many another man of our time, Henry Grey's influence was not primarily an influence of personal contact.
He's nowhere, Reverend Brother, and shall I go and ring the fire-alarm?" Brother George sternly bade Brother Simon be quiet; but when the Brethren sat in choir to sing Lauds and Prime, they saw that Brother Anselm's stall was empty, and those who had heard Brother Simon's clamour feared that something terrible had happened.
As the fruit of such study the Socinians not only propounded an Anti-trinitarian doctrine derived from Scripture, but in particular emphasized the arguments against the substitutionary atonement as presented in the popular Augustinian scheme and philosophically expounded in Anselm's Cur Deus Homo.
The assurance of Anselm's friend and biographer, Eadmer, that this action concerned a matter wholly within the province of the Church, we can hardly accept as conclusive evidence of the fact; but Anselm was certainly right in regarding such an act on this day as foreboding greater troubles to come.
And soon Gerard was at Father Anselm's knees confessing his every sin with sighs and groans of penitence. "Thy sins are great," said Anselm. "Thy temptation also was great, terribly great. I must consult our good prior." The good Anselm kissed his brow, and left him, to consult the superior as to his penance. And lo! Gerard could pray now. And he prayed with all his heart.
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