From any other man the repetition would be intolerable.

But the public ear had become attuned to his accents, to which, whatever the sense of his language, men listened as to a messenger of heavenly tidings.

Mr.Duffy strongly urged upon his fellow labourers the improbability of success, and advised a distinct change of policy.

In this he was overborne by their united opinion, and the _Nation_ continued to promulgate the same bold, unwavering course.

By degrees the feeling of bitterness entertained by the anti-education section of the priests found utterance, and the paper was, almost openly, denounced as an infidel publication.