rving of a wide circulation among both clergy and laity,
and it is with a desire to further such a result that we propose to
explain at some length the views which we have already touched upon.
. . . We want a Catholic individualism, which necessarily requires a
clear and recognized authority as a safeguard against the errors to
which individualism exposes itself, but which, on the other hand, can
never be begotten by the mere principle of authority as such."

The _Literarischer Handweiser,_ a German Catholic critical review,
published in Muenster, having a high character and wide circulation,
gave an equally favorable estimate of Father Hecker's views in a
notice of _The Church and the Age._

The following extracts from letters will close our consideration of
the Exposition, which we have thought worthy of so careful and full a
study because it is the remedial application of Father Hecker's
spiritual doctrines to the evils of European Catholicity:

"It is consoling to see men of different opinions and of opposite
parties in the Church regarding my pamphlet as the programme of a
common ground on which they can meet and agree.

"I have had several interviews with Cardinal Deschamps. He invited me
to spend the evenings with him, as we are old and very close friends.
On all points, main points, our views are one. And it is singular how
the same precise ideas and views have presented themselves at the
same time to the minds of us both. In matters which regard my
personal direction, I have consulted him several times, and fully. He
has always taken a special interest in my welfare in every sense. His
counsel has given me great relief, increased tranquillity, and will
be of great service. He remains here eight or ten days longer, and I
will see him as often during that period as I can."

A distinguished Swiss orator and prelate, since made cardinal, told
Father Hecker of a devout priest who gave a large number of retreats
to the clergy: "'When I saw him last,' said Monsignor to me, 'he said
that since we had met he had given retreats to seven hundred or eight
hundred priests, and that he had read to them the Exposition of the
Church which I gave him at my last interview with him.'"

"It will take time to understand the ideas in the Exposition. It will
take still longer time to see their bearing, application, and
results. Few at first will seize their import; by degrees they will
take in a wider circle. The difficulties