What was this excess of love?
It was a serene benevolence which overflowed men, as we have already pointed out, and which, on occasion, extended even to things.

He lived without disdain.

He was indulgent towards God's creation.

Every man, even the best, has within him a thoughtless harshness which he reserves for animals.

The Bishop of D---- had none of that harshness, which is peculiar to many priests, nevertheless.