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Rh would seek for them in vain; they are scattered in convents, or, once members of holy orders, are distinguished by their learning and acuteness of intellect, for their knowledge of ecclesiastical traditions and old customs; they it is, who prepare the transactions which are afterwards received by the Papal council, and which the Pope usually merely signs.” If it be so, and I have no doubt on the subject, then it appears to me that the Pope's position and outward consideration is a piece of actual charlatanry.

Last evening, the prophetic spirit fell upon Sœur Geneviève, under the influence of which, drawing herself up to her full height, she, with upraised arms, foretold the fall of the temporal power of the Pope, war, bloodshed, and great revolutions, but out of which the Catholic church shall come forth renovated, victorious, poor, but holy and powerful, as in the early times. ”

If Sœur Geneviève had not been a nun, she would unquestionably have been a great actress. High praise is due to her, when it is recollected that she has, whilst still young, handsome, eloquent, gifted