The gospel in Latin lands; outline studies of Protestant work in the Latin countries of Europe and America . was in the ears of the Jesuit that the powerful, thenoble, and the beautiful breathed the secret history oftheir lives. . Some described these divines as the most rigid, othersas the most indulgent of spiritual directors; and both de-scriptions were correct. The truly devout listened withawe to the high and saintly morality of the Jesuit. Thegay cavalier who had run his rival through the body, thefrail beauty who had forgotten her marriage vow, foundin the Jesuit an easy, well-b
The gospel in Latin lands; outline studies of Protestant work in the Latin countries of Europe and America . was in the ears of the Jesuit that the powerful, thenoble, and the beautiful breathed the secret history oftheir lives. . Some described these divines as the most rigid, othersas the most indulgent of spiritual directors; and both de-scriptions were correct. The truly devout listened withawe to the high and saintly morality of the Jesuit. Thegay cavalier who had run his rival through the body, thefrail beauty who had forgotten her marriage vow, foundin the Jesuit an easy, well-bred man of the world, whoknew how to make allowance for the little irregularitiesof people of fashion. The confessor was strict or lax,according to the temper of the penitent. . The firstobject was to drive no person out of the pale of theChurch. Since there were bad people, it was better thatthey should be bad Catholics than bad Protestants. If aperson was so unfortunate as to be a bravo, a libertine,or a gambler, that was no reason for making him aheretic, too. — Thomas Babington PART IILATIN AMERICA America ! half brother of the world ! With something good and bad of every land. — P. J. Bailey, IMPORTANT DATES IN THE HISTORY OFMEXICO 648 (doming of the Toltecs to Anahuac. 1196. Coining of the Aztecs. Tenochtitlan, now MexicoCity, their capital. 1519. Cortez entered Tenochtitlan. 1521. Triumphal entry of the Spaniards into Tenoch-titlan. 1547. Death of Cortez. 300 years of Spanish misrule. 1810. Hidalgo, the patriot priest of Dolores, leader of the revolutionary movement. 1811. Patriot army defeated. Hidalgo beheaded. 1821. Mexican independence achieved. 1822. Iturbide elected emperor. 1822. Later, republic of Mexico declared by Santa Ana. 1824. Constitution much like that of United States pro- claimed. 1825. The republic recognized by United States and Texas made an independent state. 1845. Texas admitted to the Unio
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