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This spirit evinces the sublime of moral heroism,
and cannot be too highly praised.

Then how commendable in the good priest not to
reserve to himself and his church a monopoly of the
truth. With lavish beneficence and persistent effort
he would fain disseminate those doctrinal verities
which gladden his own soul and trace for him a path-
way to the skies. In gratifying the desires of such a
man the author cannot fear that he is doing amiss.

As to that small and ignorant class who may think
that the "Notes" are not entirely worthy of serious
reply, let me say, that the Father's work has received
the very highest encomiums and has been proclaimed
an unanswerable argument by a very respectable part
of the religious and secular press of this and other
countries. As a commercial rule, at least, when the
maker of paper is of questionable solvency it is legiti-
mate to look to its endorsers.

That our readers may appreciate these remarks we publish (see Appendix A.) one of the Father's challenges and a few of the many favorable notices from the press which his work has called forth. Father, surely, will not object to this gratuitous advertisement of his work, which we desire our readers to purchase and peruse.

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Catholic faith, who believe that the cause of righteousness can be best subserved by a suppression of truths which seem to them to militate against religion, and of sentiments, however honestly entertained, which are regarded by the majority as erroneous.

This well-meaning class should remember that there is a correlation of truths as well as of forces, and that two truths cannot possibly antagonize each other. That especially in this age of enlightenment and of intellectual freedom we may safely discard the disguises and spiritual enchantments which lent a charm. to primitive faiths; and that error, exposed to popular scrutiny, is less dangerous than when hidden in the secret recesses of the individual mind or whispered into the ears of the few who may entertain kindred sentiments.

To errors exposed the proper antidotes may be administered; to errors concealed no adequate correctives can be applied.

PHILADELPHIA, January 1st, 1885.

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