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           ButwhenitcametoquestionsofthedoctrinesoftheFathers,heperceivedthatJulienscarcelyevenknewthenamesofSaintJerome,SaintAugustin,SaintBonaventure,SaintBasile,etc.,etc.

           "Asamatteroffact,"thoughttheabbéPirard,"thisissimplythatfataltendencytoProtestantismforwhichIhavealwaysreproachedChélan.Aprofound,andonlytooprofoundknowledgeoftheHolyScriptures."

           (Julienhadjuststartedspeakingtohim,withoutbeingquestionedonthepoint,abouttherealtimewhenGenesis,thePentateuch,etc.,hasbeenwritten).

           "Towhatdoesthisnever-endingreasoningovertheHolyScripturesleadto?"thoughttheabbéPirard,"ifnottoself-examination,thatistosay,themostawfulProtestantism.Andbythesideofthisimprudentknowledge,nothingabouttheFatherstocompensateforthattendency."

           ButtheastonishmentofthedirectoroftheseminarywasquiteunboundedwhenhavingquestionedJulienabouttheauthorityofthePope,andexpectingtohearthemaximsoftheancientGallicanChurch,theyoungmanrecitedtohimthewholebookofM.deMaistre"Strangeman,thatChélan,"thoughttheabbéPirard."Didheshowhimthebooksimplytoteachhimtomakefunofit?"

           ItwasinvainthathequestionedJulienandendeavouredtoguessifheseriouslybelievedinthedoctrineofM.deMaistre.Theyoungmanonlyansweredwhathehadlearntbyheart.FromthismomentJulienwasreallyhappy.Hefeltthathewasmasterofhimself.Afteraverylongexamination,itseemedtohimthatM.Pirard’sseveritytowardshimwasonlyaffected.

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