But the second attempt, though it was crowned with some partial and apparent success, has been vigorously resisted by the secular power, and finally extinguished by the improvement of human reason.
[Footnote 126: The origin and progress of the title of cardinal may be found in Themassin, (Discipline de l'Eglise, tom.i.p.

1261-1298,) Muratori, (Antiquitat.

Italiae Medii Aevi, tom.vi.Dissert.lxi.

p.
159-182,) and Mosheim, (Institut.Hist.Eccles.p.

345-347,) who accurately remarks the form and changes of the election.