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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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