A F F E N B I X. 



HISTORY OP THE MISSIONS OF C AXAMARGUILLA, WITH THE ORIGIN 

 AND LOSS OP THOSE OP MANOA ; INTENDED a5 AN INTRODUCTION TO 

 THE RECENT TRAVELS OF FATHERS SOBREVIELA AND GIRBAL, IN THE 

 REMOTE PARTS OP PERU. 



TF by heroism, be understood that generous virtue of the soul by which man ren- 

 ders himself in a manner superior to his feeble nature, and approaches the di- 

 vinity : if the hero be the offspring of the love which reigns between that divinity 

 atfid the human heart ; * then must this sublime title exclusively belong to those 

 faithful Imitators of our Saviour, who, in despight of sufferings, privations, and fa- 

 tigues, and at the risk of their own existence,^ devote their lives to the happiness 

 and prosperity of their fellow creatures. f Agreeably to this sentiment, Alexander, 

 Tamerlane, and the vidlorious Frederick, were no other than evil geniuses born to 

 desolate the earth. Posterity, that impartial judge of human actions, will certainly 

 preserve their names ; but will tremble lest their spirits should be re-animated, 

 and should again produce the melancholy catastrophes which past ages have wit- 

 nessed. The superb mausolea, pyramids, and obelisks, with which their ashes are 

 covered, cannot be regarded as memorials of gratitude and love. Sepulchres, 

 bathed in innocent blood, and agitated by the rattling of the chains that once op- 

 pressed vanquished nations, banish the tender and pacific ideas which beneficence 



* Heros dicitur etiam ab eras grece amor, quia Heroes nati sunt amore Deorum ac hominum. Faccia 



lat. verb, Heros. 



f Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down hi* life for his friends. — St. John, chap, 

 sv. V. 13. 



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