"Can any alms be better bestowed than those which are given to have the poor relieved, the sick visited, the afflicted and sorrowing, soothed and consoled, the ignorant instructed, and the seeds of virtue planted in the youthful breast? Can any alms be more meritorious than those which tend to preserve the soul from eternal ruin?"
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(4 December 1846) Life of the Rt. Rev. Wm. Quarter, D.D., first Catholic Bishop of Chicago
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William Quarter
William Quarter (21 January 1806 – 10 April 1848) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Chicago.
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