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At Home And Abroad

PART II
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It is all rich, and full,--very impressive in its way.

St.Peter's must be to each one a separate poem.
The ceremonies of the Church, have been numerous and splendid during our stay here; and they borrow unusual interest from the love and expectation inspired by the present Pontiff.

He is a man of noble and good aspect, who, it is easy to see, has set his heart upon doing something solid for the benefit of man.

But pensively, too, must one feel how hampered and inadequate are the means at his command to accomplish these ends.

The Italians do not feel it, but deliver themselves, with all the vivacity of their temperament, to perpetual hurras, vivas, rockets, and torch-light processions.


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