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to give liis aid to some cause at the Roman Court. "Men like," said 

 the Bishop, " to know your Paternity's views on these matters, for 

 they note your soUdity, which is a rare virtne in our days, and they 

 give you their confidence all the more." I believe that to be true, 

 and not mere courtesy. I think that the man whom it has been 

 my privilege to introduce to you, while he travelled as much, was a 

 Ulysses also in men's estimate of his wisdom. He could say : 



I am become a name, 

 For always roaming with a hungry heart 

 Much have I seen and known ; cities of men 

 And manners, climates, councils, governments, 

 Myself not least, but honour"d of them all. 



[E. H. P.] 



