Ah, Gabrielle, the smile of an infant goes to the heart swifter than the thrust of a knife! I looked down upon him and I knew that I was chosen to teach the child.

There was a voice that spoke in me.

You will smile, but even now I think I can hear it." "I swear to you that I believe," said Father Anthony.
"Another man would have given Pierre a Bible and a Latin grammar and a cell.

I gave him the testament and the grammar; I gave him also the wild north country to say his prayers in and patter his Latin.

I taught his mind, but I did not forget his body.
"He is to go out among wild men.