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XII.--THE MYSTIC AND THE PHILOSOPHER
XIII.--HIS SEARCH AMONG THE SECTS
XIV.--HIS LIFE AT CONCORD
XV.--AT THE DOOR OF THE CHURCH
XVI.--AT THE DOOR OF THE CHURCH--(Continued)
XVII.--ACROSS THE THRESHOLD
XVIII.--NEW INFLUENCES
XIX.--YEARNINGS AFTER CONTEMPLATION
XX.--FROM NEW YORK TO ST. TROND
XXI.--BROTHER HECKER
XXII.--HOW BROTHER HECKER MADE HIS STUDIES AND WAS ORDAINED PRIEST
XXIII.--A REDEMPTORIST MISSIONARY
XXIV.--SEPARATION FROM THE REDEMPTORISTS
XXV.--BEGINNINGS OF THE PAULIST COMMUNITY
XXVI.--FATHER HECKER'S IDEA OF A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
XXVII.--FATHER HECKER'S SPIRITUAL DOCTRINE
XXVIII.--THE PAULIST PARISH AND MISSIONS
XXIX.--FATHER HECKER'S LECTURES
XXX.--THE APOSTOLATE OF THE PRESS
XXXI.--THE VATICAN COUNCIL
XXXII.--THE LONG ILLNESS
XXXIII.--"THE EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH"
XXXIV.--IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH
XXXV.--CONCLUSION

APPENDIX
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INTRODUCTION

BY MOST REV. JOHN IRELAND, D.D.,
_Archbishop of St. Paul._

LIFE is action, and so long as there is action there is life. That
life is worth living whose action puts forth noble aspirations and
good deeds. The man's influence for truth and virtue persevering in
activity, his life has not ceased, though earth has clasped his body
in its embrace. It is well that it is so. The years of usefulness
between the cradle and the grave are few. The shortness of a life
restricted to them is sufficient to discourage many from making
strong efforts toward impressing the workings of their souls upon
their fellows. The number to whose minds we have immediate access is
small, and they do not remain. Is the good we might do worth the
labor? We cannot at times refuse a hearing to the question.
Fortunately, it is easily made clear to us that the area over which
influence travels is vastly more extensive than at first sight
appears. The eye will not always discern the undulations of its
spreading waves; but onward it goes, from one soul to another, far
beyond our immediate ranks, and as each soul touched by it becomes a
new motive power, it rolls forward, often with energy a hundred times
intensified, long after the shadows of death have settled around its
point of departure.

Isaac Thomas Hecker lives to-day, and with added years he will live
more fully than he does to-day. His influence for good remains, and
with a better understanding of his plans and ideals, which is sure to
come, his i