Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour. Lakes George And Champlain; Niagara; Montreal; Quebec
The book Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour. Lakes George And Champlain; Niagara; Montreal; Quebec was written by author Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 Here you can read free online of Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour. Lakes George And Champlain; Niagara; Montreal; Quebec book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour. Lakes George And Champlain; Niagara; Montreal; Quebec a good or bad book?
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On the one hand, the voice of Heaven must be obeyed ; 106 MONTREAL. on the other, he had a wife, six children, and a very moderate fortune. Again : there was at Paris a young priest, about twenty-eight years of age, — Jean Jacques Olier, after- wards widely known as founder of the Seminary of St. Sulpice. Judged by his engraved portrait, his counte- nance, though marked both with energy and intellect, was anything but prepossessing. Every lineament pro- claims the priest. Yet the Abb^ Olier has... high titles to esteem. He signalized his piety, it is true, by the most disgusting exploits of self-mortification ; but, at the same time, he was strenuous in his efforts to reform the people and the clergy. So zealous was he for good morals, that he drew upon himself the imputation of a leaning to the heresy of the Jansenists, — a suspicion strengthened by his opposition to certain priests, who, to secure the faithful in their allegiance, justified them in lives of licentiousness. Yet Olier's catholicity, was past attaintment, and in his horror of Jansenists he yielded to the Jesuits alone.
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