The drawing of the lottery is public, as are the University lectures in France.

And, verily, it is a great and salutary lesson.

The winners learn to praise God for his bounties: the losers are punished for having unduly coveted worldly pelf.

Everybody profits--most of all the Government, which makes L80,000 a year by it, besides the satisfaction of having done its duty.
Yes, the holy preceptors of the nation fulfil their duty towards God, and towards themselves.

But it does not necessarily follow that they always manage the affairs of God and of the Government well.
"On rencontre sa destinee Souvent par les chemins qu'on prend pour l'eviter." La Fontaine tells us this, and the Pope proves it to us.