All his power of love centred upon that which he regarded as his celestial vocation.

The extremely delicate feeling toward women, which we remark in him, was not separated from the exclusive devotion which he had for his mission.

Like Francis d'Assisi and Francis de Sales, he treated as sisters the women who were loved of the same work as himself; he had his St.Clare, his Frances de Chantal.

It is, however, probable that these loved him more than the work; he was, no doubt, more beloved than loving.

Thus, as often happens in very elevated natures, tenderness of the heart was transformed in him into an infinite sweetness, a vague poetry, and a universal charm.