Speech of the Count Montalembert, on the Subject of National Education in France

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Excerpt from Speech of the Count Montalembert, on the Subject of National Education in France: Delivered in the Chamber of Peers in the Sitting of April 16th, 1844This is the formal doctrine of the Church, this her constant practice from age to age, she herself explains the \conduct which has been held in this regard, and which has shocked so many Opinions.The honourable magistrate, high in place, has said, - and this time I agree with him, - If we study our political liberties without studying our religious liberties, our education will be incomplete. To judge by what is taking place, the keeper of the seals, and several other magistrates, are precisely in this condition. They have need of completing their education, and I beg leave to recount to you, in their behalf, a short story which we learned in our ih fancy, before being drilled at the University, and which we shall try not to forget.There was a bishop named Basil, he was neither a Jesuit nor an Ultra-montanist, for he lived in the fourth century. This bishop had had some difficulties with the state of his day, in other words, with the Emperor Valens, respecting a question which assuredly did not concern men more than the education of future generations, which is the question now at issue. The emperor threatened him through one of his ministers, of the name of Modestus, whom we may call the Minister of Worship of that day. (49 laugh.) This minister seeing Basil answer publicly and with firmness, exclaimed, I was never spoken to with arrogance like this. Basil's reply was, The reason is that you had never yet to do with a bishop. And he added, We, of all people in the world, are the most humble, not only towards the emperor, but towards all men. But when God's honour is at stake, we think of nothing else, looking simply to him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.