The Jesuits - James Aitken Wylie
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zities for the sons of princes and nobles, and they<br />
opened schools in town and village for the<br />
instruction of the lower classes. From Vienna they<br />
distributed their colonies throughout the Austrian<br />
dominions. <strong>The</strong>y had schools in the Tyrol and the<br />
cities at the foot of its mountains. From Prague<br />
they ramified over Bohemia, and penetrated into<br />
Hungary. <strong>The</strong>ir colleges at Ingolstadt and Munich<br />
gave them the possession of Bavaria, Franconia,<br />
and Swabia. From Cologne they extended their<br />
convents and schools over Rhenish Prussia, and,<br />
planting a college at Spires, they counteracted the<br />
influence of Heidelberg University, then the resort<br />
of the most learned men of the German nation.<br />
Wherever the <strong>Jesuits</strong> came, there was quickly<br />
seen a manifest revival of the Popish faith. In the<br />
short space of ten years, their establishments had<br />
become flourishing in all the countries in which<br />
they were planted. <strong>The</strong>ir system of education was<br />
adapted to all classes. While they studied the exact<br />
sciences, and strove to rival the most renowned of<br />
the Protestant professors, and so draw the higher<br />
youth into their schools, they compiled admirable<br />
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