Красное и черное

The World, or What the Rich Lack

           ItisenoughtoputthelaboursofHerculesintotheshade.TheHerculesofmoderntimesisthePopeSixtusQuintus,whodeceivedbyhismodestyfifteenyearsonendfortyCardinalswhohadseenthelivelinessandhaughtinessofhiswholeyouth.

           "Soknowledgeisnothinghere,"hesaidtohimselfwithdisgust."Progressindoctrine,insacredhistory,etc.,onlyseemtocount.Everythingsaidonthosesubjectsisonlyintendedtoentrapfoolslikeme.Alasmyonlymeritconsistsinmyrapidprogress,andinthewayinwhichIgraspalltheirnonsense.Dotheyreallyvaluethosethingsattheirtrueworth?DotheyjudgethemlikeIdo.AndIhadthestupiditytobeproudofmyquickness.Theonlyresultofmycomingouttophasbeentogivemeinveterateenemies.Chazel,whoreallyknowsmorethanIdo,alwaysthrowssomeblunderinhiscompositionswhichgetshimputbacktothefiftiethplace.Ifhecomesoutfirst,itisonlybecauseheisabsent-minded.Ohowusefulwouldoneword,justoneword,ofM.Pirard,havebeentome."

           AssoonasJulienwasdisillusioned,thelongexercisesinasceticpiety,suchastheattendancesinthechapelfivetimesaweek,theintonationofhymnsatthechapeloftheSacréCœur,etc.,etc.,whichhadpreviouslyseemedtohimsodeadlyboring,becamehismostinterestingopportunitiesforaction.Thankstoasevereintrospection,andaboveall,bytryingnottooverdohismethods,Juliendidnotattemptattheoutsettoperformsignificantactions(thatistosay,actionswhichareproofofacertainChristianperfection)likethoseseminaristswhoservedasamodeltotherest.

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