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648necessarily only in translation, but also in the careful reading and annotating ofbooks such as the Church history of Fleure 876 , or others. I would be worth readingDe Maistre 877 , Bonald 878 , etc., as well as Universite Catholique 879 etc.As for your relations with the other brothers: The advice of Fr. Petigny 880is very wise. Above all, it would be well for you now to perform certain exercisesregularly though not often: common prayers, common reading, commondiscussions etc., etc. I place my hope in God, however, that we will soon be ableto discuss these matters at greater length.We are experiencing great hardship and trying times. The establishment ofthe new House on rue Vavin is creating more and more new expenses, and wehave no ready funds for anything. Still, thank God, I am accepting all of thedifficulties of this situation with resignation. I accept each of these crosses, withgratitude, and with the conviction that I have merited far more severepunishments, set-backs and humiliations by my sins. I have not lost hope in God,and by his holy grace, I am not discouraged.Among the worries in this last category, the principal one is that whichWalter 881 has undoubtedly mentioned to you, and which refers to him.Boleslaus will be staying with us for about a week.You will soon receive a lengthier letter, or maybe even a visit from me. Ifpossible. But, we will first look a response from you.We place all of our hope in God; from Him we expect all things. Let uspersevere in that hope, in spite of all obstacles!876 Fr. Claude Fleury (1640-1723), a Church historian. B. Jański has in mind his History of theChurch (20 vols., 1691-1720). His Historial Catechism (1679 2 parts) was also popular.877 Joseph de Maistre (1755-1821), Christian politician and thinker; an unfortunate exile.Undoubtedly Jański has in mind his famous Petersburg Soirees (1821).878 There were four famous Frenchmen with this name; the father and his three sons. The father:Viscount Louis Gabriel Ambrose Bonald (1754-1840), philosopher, publicist and statesman;founder and modern traditionalism, author of The Theory of Political and Religious Power ...(Constance, 1786), and other works. His son August Henry is the author of The Wisdom of theCatholic Church (1833). A second son, Victor, and the third, Louis James Maurice, archbishop ofLyon and Cardinal, also published works of a religious nature.879 A scholarly French Catholic periodical, edited by Fr. Gerbet.880 A curate from Versailles.881 Philip Neri Walter.