"The republic of the Church is driven to bay.

We are on a war footing.

For the sake of strength we are obliged to hold together so firmly that for the time we can only think of maintaining old traditions without dreaming of progress or spending time in experiments.

When we have weathered the storm we shall have leisure for improving much that needs improvement.

Do not think that if I am alive twenty years hence I shall advise what I advise now.