But the point of interest in Damien, which has caused him to be so much talked about and made him at last the subject of your pen and mine, was that, in him, his bigotry, his intense and narrow faith, wrought potently for good, and strengthened him to be one of the world's heroes and exemplars.
Damien _was not sent to Molokai_, _but went there without orders_.
Is this a misreading?
or do you really mean the words for blame?
I have heard Christ, in the pulpits of our Church, held up for imitation on the ground that His sacrifice was voluntary.

Does Dr.Hyde think otherwise?
Damien _did not stay at the settlement_, _etc._ It is true he was allowed many indulgences.

Am I to understand that you blame the father for profiting by these, or the officers for granting them?
In either case, it is a mighty Spartan standard to issue from the house on Beretania Street; and I am convinced you will find yourself with few supporters.
Damien _had no hand in the reforms_, _etc._ I think even you will admit that I have already been frank in my description of the man I am defending; but before I take you up upon this head, I will be franker still, and tell you that perhaps nowhere in the world can a man taste a more pleasurable sense of contrast than when he passes from Damien's 'Chinatown' at Kalawao to the beautiful Bishop-Home at Kalaupapa.

At this point, in my desire to make all fair for you, I will break my rule and adduce Catholic testimony.

Here is a passage from my diary about my visit to the Chinatown, from which you will see how it is (even now) regarded by its own officials: 'We went round all the dormitories, refectories, etc .-- dark and dingy enough, with a superficial cleanliness, which he' [Mr.Dutton, the lay-brother] 'did not seek to defend.