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 306 hope of a better spirit in the Catholic Church. If we left the Church—and this might be the result of any serious step—the Catholic Church would lose so many reasonable men to no purpose." It was therefore decided to remain quiet, "I do not think," Prince Hohenlohe wrote, "that the agitation will produce any great results. Interest in the person and fate of Döllinger, for it is nothing more, does not make a reformation. Interest in dogmatic subtleties no longer exists."

The Prince recorded his personal convictions in the following memorandum:—

1. Hefele, Bishop of Rottenburg, formerly Professor of Theology in the University of Tübingen, and learned,