Padre Cabral's confirmation
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Padre Cabral confirmou os louvores do agregado, sem os seus superlativos; ao que este acrescentou que o Cardeal Mastai evidentemente fora talhado para a tiara desde o princípio dos tempos. E, piscando -me o olho, concluiu:— A vocação é tudo. O estado eclesiástico é perfeitíssimo, contanto que o sacerdote venha já destinado do berço.
Padre Cabral confirmed the praises of the agregado, without his superlatives; to which this added that Cardinal Mastai evidently had been destined for the tiara from the beginning of times. And, winking me the eye, he concluded: — Vocation is everything. The ecclesiastical state is most perfect, provided that the priest come already destined from the cradle.
Padre Cabral confirms the praises of the agregado, without his superlatives; to which the agregado added that Cardinal Mastai was evidently destined for the tiara from the beginning of time. And, winking at me, he concluded: — Vocation is everything. The ecclesiastical state is most perfect, provided that the priest comes already destined from the cradle.
Padre Cabral endorses the agregado's praise but without exaggeration; the agregado then asserts that Cardinal Mastai was predestined for the papacy. He winks at the narrator and concludes that vocation is everything, and the priesthood is perfect only if the priest is born with a calling.
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