Charles De Smedt

Charles De Smedt (6 April 1833 – 4 March 1911) was a Belgian Jesuit. Quotes Inexorable impartiality is not enough; the critic should also possess a fund of that natural logic known as common sense, which enables us to estimate correctly, neither more nor less, the value of a conclusion in strict keeping with given premises. If, moreover, the investigator be acute and shrewd, so that he discerns at a glance the elements of evidence offered by the various kinds of information before him, which elements often appear quite meaningless to the untrained observer, we may consider him thoroughly fitted for the task of critic. Historical Criticism (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia External links Category:1833 births Category:Catholics from Belgium Category:Jesuits Category:1911 deaths