122 DISCOUESES OF FATHER HYACINTHE. 



Gentlemen, let us act like liim. We are about to 

 separate for one year more ; let us pledge each other 

 that we will toil with more intelligence and devotion 

 than ever at the task of civilization in Europe, and first 

 of all in France. To this let us apply our strength. 

 On this let us expend our days and nights ! But, in 

 proportion as we shall accomplish this work, let us con- 

 template it in a light that comes fi-om higher than itself, 

 and higher than ourselves, in the divine radiance of the 

 future. " Inspexit et despexitP Let us love it as being 

 the forerunner of the Future; let us scorn it as that 

 which the Future shall so far excel. 



