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point of self-contempt, — a crowning virtue in their 

 eyes ; that he regarded himself as nothing, and 

 lived solely to do the will of God as uttered by the 

 lips of his Superiors. They add, that, when left 

 to the guidance of his own judgment, his self-dis- 

 trust made him very slow of decision, but that, 

 when acting under orders, he knew neither hesita- 

 tion nor fear. With all his gentleness, he had a 

 certain warmth or vivacity of temperament ; and we 

 have seen how, during his first captivity, while 

 humbly submitting to every caprice of his tyrants 

 and appearing to rejoice in abasement, a derisive 

 word against his faith would change the lamb into 

 the lion, and the lips that seemed so tame would 

 speak in sharp, bold tones of menace and reproof. 



