History of the Jesuits: their origin, progress, doctrines, and designs . rectedto this noble pursuit, and so efficiently, that at the ageof twenty-two he was elected a professor of philo-sophy in the capital of France. There he lived onterms of intimacy with Peter Lefevre, a young Savoy-ard, of very humble extraction, of a modest and simplecharacter, but of uncommon intelligence and was with Lefevre that Xavier first met was shocked at his appearance, his affectedhumility, his loathsome dress; and when he spake ofspiritual exercises, Xavier looked at his own fair,
History of the Jesuits: their origin, progress, doctrines, and designs . rectedto this noble pursuit, and so efficiently, that at the ageof twenty-two he was elected a professor of philo-sophy in the capital of France. There he lived onterms of intimacy with Peter Lefevre, a young Savoy-ard, of very humble extraction, of a modest and simplecharacter, but of uncommon intelligence and was with Lefevre that Xavier first met was shocked at his appearance, his affectedhumility, his loathsome dress; and when he spake ofspiritual exercises, Xavier looked at his own fair, whitearms, shuddered at the idea of lacerating them withthe scourge—this principal ingredient of the spiritualexercises—and laughed outright in his face. .ButIgnatius, having cast his eyes upon such a noble, being, was not to be discouraged by a first or secondrepulse in his endeavours to become intimate with spared no exertions to ingratiate himself withXavier; and at last, as Bartoli says, he resolvedot gain him over by firing his ambition, just as Judith. MISSIONS. 99 did with feigned love to Holofernes, that she mighttriumph over him at the last. * As we have alreadystated, Xavier was ambitious, and eager for literaryrenown. Ignatius made himself the eulogist of hiscountryman. He gathered around his chair a benevo-lent and an attentive audience, and gratified the youngprofessor in his most ardent wishes. T4i© generous--heart of Xavier--wa*tottehed,^f-kindness, and-/he began to look upon thia-loathsomaman with othereyes: Ignatius redoubled his efforts. The improvidentXavier was often surrounded with pecuniary went begging, to replenish his purse. It wasnot wonderful that Xavier, having fallen under theinfluence of such a persevering assailant, who was ad- .monitor at once and friend—who flattered and exhorted,rebuked and assisted, with such matchless tact—shouldgradually have yielded to the fascination. He went <through the
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