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irreverence of prelates at an Easter high mass in St. Peter s. Pius IX; ef 

 fectiveness of the ceremonial in which he took part ; Lord Odo Russell s 

 reminiscence of him. A low mass at Pisa and its effect. An effort at pros- 

 elytism in Rome; Father Cataldi. Condition of Rome at that time. 

 Improvements since. Naples and &quot; King Bomba &quot; ; Robert Dale Owen s state 

 ment to me. Catechism promoted by the Archbishop of Sorrento. Lique 

 faction of the blood of St. Januarius; remark of a bystander to me. The 

 doctrine of &quot; intercession&quot; illustrated. Erasmus s colloquy of &quot;The Ship 

 wreck.&quot; Moral condition of Naples. Influence of this Italian experience upon 

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My relations with Professor Fisher at New Haven ; his good influence. My 

 interest in church work as a professor at the University of Michigan ; am 

 asked to select a rector; my success. Readings in ecclesiastical history; 

 effect of these. Sale s Koran. Fra Paolo Sarpi s &quot; History of the Council of 

 Trent.&quot; Dean Stanley s &quot;Eastern Church.&quot; Bossuet, Spalding, Balmez, 

 Buckle, Lecky, Draper, the Darwinian hypothesis. Special influence of Stan 

 ley s &quot; Life of Arnold,&quot; Robertson s Sermons, and other works. Good in 

 fluences from sundry Methodists. Exceptions taken by individuals to sundry 

 Broad Church statements in my historical lectures ; their favorable recep 

 tion. Sobering effect upon me of &quot; spiritualistic &quot; fanaticism. My increasing 

 reluctance to promote revolutionary changes in religion ; my preference for 

 evolutionary methods. Special experiences. The death-bed of a Hicksite 

 Quaker. My toleration ideas embodied in the Cornell University Charter ; 

 successful working of these. Establishment of a university chapel and 

 preachership ; my selections of preachers ; good effects of their sermons 

 upon me. Effects of sundry Eastern experiences. Mohammedan worship at 

 Cairo and elsewhere. The dervishes. Expulsion of young professors from 

 the American Missionary College at Beyrout ; noble efforts of one of them 

 afterward. The Positivist Conventicle in London. The &quot; Bible for Learners.&quot; 

 Summing up of my experience. Worship public and private ; reasonable 

 ness of both. Recognition of spiritual as well as of physical laws. Recogni 

 tion of an evolution in religious beliefs. Proper attitude of thinking men. 

 Efforts for evolution rather than for revolution. Need of charity to all forms 

 of religion but of steady resistance to clerical combinations for hampering 

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