Some wills are broken down, some individuals sacrificed, but that is of little import; progress continues on its way, and from the blood of those who fall new and vigorous offspring is born.

See, the press itself, however backward it may wish to be, is taking a step forward.

The Dominicans themselves do not escape the operation of this law, but are imitating the Jesuits, their irreconcilable enemies.

They hold fiestas in their cloisters, they erect little theaters, they compose poems, because, as they are not devoid of intelligence in spite of believing in the fifteenth century, they realize that the Jesuits are right, and they will still take part in the future of the younger peoples that they have reared." "So, according to you, the Jesuits keep up with progress ?" asked Don Filipo in wonder.

"Why, then, are they opposed in Europe ?" "I will answer you like an old scholastic," replied the Sage, lying down again and resuming his jesting expression.