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617have loved darkness instead! I humbly submit to the teaching of the Church asproceeding from this supernatural intervention of God in the affairs of men, fromthe revelation, the incarnation of Christ, who is both God and man. I submit to allthe institutions of the Church, in which the spirit of Christ is always present... etc.However, we will talk to one another about this at greater length sometime later. I will add just one more word: Today I am wholeheartedly convincedthat whatever is good for man and mankind, all progress, perfection, wisdom,salvation, is achieved only through Christ, and in the Universal Society 811 whichHe himself instituted.Dearest Adam, I hope that the remnants of our once common scientificprejudices do not continue to keep you at such a distance from God that you donot experience Him as a living reality... that you could not enter into a realrelationship with Him, and that, by way of prayer, you could not draw from Himall strength, consolation and grace. O prayer! Humble, sincere and trusting prayer!It alone is the beginning of true life and wisdom! Pardon me, my friend, forconcluding this letter on this homiletic note. I have such confidence in thegoodness of your heart that, even if at this time you were very much opposed toall that I have said, I would not cease to be for you, or you for me, the friend thatyou truly are forever.Bogdan JańskiP.S. I am adding another note to what I have already written, in order, to tell youabout Greuve 812 , for I know that he too is lazy when it comes to correspondence.He left for the seashore, for Bareges, in May, and returned to Paris only yesterday.Unfortunately, the condition of his health is worse than when he left. However,thank God, it is no longer his lungs. Now it is his legs. Some kind of swelling, hecan barely walk. I have not seen him as yet. Apparently he is planning a trip toGermany, to visit his mother, who is living somewhere there. If you want to send811 That is, in the Catholic Church.812 Charles Greuve - from Warsaw; a second-lieutenant in the 9 th infantry regiment on the line in1830/1; a member of Polish Democratic Society from 1835.