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First Experience of Life

           Hesawineveryknotapupiltossingacoinintheair,andifhemanagedtoguessrightinthisgameofheadsortails,hiscomradeswoulddecidethathewouldsoonhaveoneofthosefatlivings.

           Anecdotesensued.Acertainyoungpriest,whohadscarcelybeenordainedayear,hadgivenatamerabbittothemaidservantofanoldcuré,andhadsucceededinbeingaskedtobehiscurate.Inafewmonthsafterwards,forthecuréhadquicklydied,hehadreplacedhiminthatexcellentliving.Anotherhadsucceededingettinghimselfdesignatedasasuccessortoaveryrichtownliving,bybeingpresentatallthemealsofanold,paralyticcuré,andbydexterouslycarvinghispoultry.Theseminarists,likeallyoungpeople,exaggeratedtheeffectofthoselittledevices,whichhaveanelementoforiginality,andwhichstriketheimagination.

           "Imusttakepartintheseconversations,"saidJulientohimself.Whentheydidnottalkaboutsausagesandgoodlivings,theconversationranontheworldlyaspectofecclesiasticaldoctrine,onthedifferencesofbishopsandprefects,ofmayorsandcurés.Juliencaughtsightoftheconceptionofasecondgod,butofagodwhowasmuchmoreformidableandmuchmorepowerfulthantheotherone.ThatsecondgodwasthePope.Theysaidamongthemselves,inalowvoice,however,andwhentheywerequitesurethattheywouldnotbeheardbyPirard,thatthereasonforthePopenottakingthetroubleofnominatingalltheprefectsandmayorsofFrance,wasthathehadentrustedthatdutytotheKingofFrancebyentitlinghimaseniorsonoftheChurch.

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