. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ite changedhis character by his religious influence. He was subject to what werecalled mad fits. I might tell you some pleasant stories of this periodof his life. One day, when Fenelon had reproved him for some gravefault, he said,— I know what I am, and I know also what you are. Fenelons prudent conduct quite won back the affection of thechild. • I will leave the Duke of Burgundy [his title] behind the doorwhen I am with you, he used to say, and I will be only little Louis. Fenelon turned the boys mind to piety, and for a time
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ite changedhis character by his religious influence. He was subject to what werecalled mad fits. I might tell you some pleasant stories of this periodof his life. One day, when Fenelon had reproved him for some gravefault, he said,— I know what I am, and I know also what you are. Fenelons prudent conduct quite won back the affection of thechild. • I will leave the Duke of Burgundy [his title] behind the doorwhen I am with you, he used to say, and I will be only little Louis. Fenelon turned the boys mind to piety, and for a time influencedhim by it. All his mad fits and spites, he said of his pupil, yieldedto the name of God. But Fenelon, like all good and pure men of the time, was con- TIONS /.V HISTORIC /../. demned by the court and the Church. Tetmaque, written to train™nd oi the young prince in the principles of virtue, caused him to»r with the court, and he spent the last years ol his life in virtuaJ exile. - Aside from Fenelons influence the prince had much to make him. I \ I Ml hf \l \ | \ \\ | |
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