Letters to His Son, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from Letters to His Son, Vol. 2 of 2: Edited With Occasional Elucidatory Notes, Translations of All the Latin, French, and Italian Quotations, and a Biographical Notice of the Author Inform yourself, as much as you can, of the history, policy, and practice of that society, from the time of its founder, Ignatius of Loyola, who was himself a madman. If you would know their morality, you will find it fully and admirably stated, in Les Lettres d'un Provincial, by the famous Monsieur Pascal 1 and it is a book very well worth your reading. Few people see what they see, or hear what they hear, that is, they see and hear so inattentively and superficially, that they are very little the better for what they do see and hear. This, I dare say, neither is, nor will be your case. You will understand, re¿ect upon, and consequently retain, what you see and hear. You have still two years good, but no more, to form your character in the world decisively, for within two months after your arrival in England, it will be finally and irrevocably determined, one way or another, in the opinion of the public. Devote, therefore, these two years to the pursuit of perfection, which ought to be everybody's object, though in some particulars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.