"Ribas wrote under the most favourable circumstances and made good use of his opportunities."

"His reputation as an historian rests secure upon his history of the Jesuit missions of Mexico."

"While his superiors regarded him as one of the best and most zealous of friars, the people looked upon him as a saint."

"I know that the Chief will kill me, and I am delighted to receive such a happy end from the hand of God."

"Though his services were peculiarly valuable n his early fields of labour as he had mastered both the Montagnais and …"

"Let no man thinke (speaking of the Indians,) that they are men of nothing; but if they thinke so, let them go and mak…"

"Apart from his sophistical defence of Spanish colonial policy, Acosta deserves high praise as an acute and diligent o…"

"Much of what he says is of necessity erroneous, because it is influenced by the standard of knowledge of his time; bu…"

"In Europe and even in India, there are still some who remember his name, and in Ceylon, the theatre of his Apostolic …"

"After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Po…"