"I wish to awaken in others and in myself a greater fervour so that the Catholic deposit of faith, which the Apostle e…"

"You know, O Lord, how intensely you entrusted Germany to me that day. Since then, Germany has increasingly occupied m…"

"The opinions and hesitations of some do not stop us from now believing in the bodily Assumption of Mary more resolute…"

"When young persons are summoned from this world ere they have mingled in its sinful pursuits, they can be readily yie…"

"I can live as the boys live, and if God wishes the work to succeed, He will surely provide the means."

"In looking after the interests of the child it is necessary to cultivate the heart. You must eradicate the vices of y…"

"However great this addition to the number of facts serving to elucidate the natural history of these most interesting…"

"The apparent function of the Diatomacae in the economy nature, viz. to vivify, as it were, the immensity of the ocean…"

"Castracane was a devout priest as well as an enthusiastic investigator."

"• Let the future historian, if he will, add beauty of expression and the charm of polished diction to this plain, unp…"