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Excerpt from St. Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, Apostle of India: From the French of Father Dominic Bouhours, of the Same Society On his arrival at Paris, being then in the eighteenth year of his age, be commenced the study of philo'so phy, with extraordinary earnestness and success. Although logic had not for him the same difficulties it presents to the generality of students, he failed not to apply himself with diligence, that he might be the first In his class and, perhaps, no scholar ever united so much ease with so much labour In the acquisition of learning. The great object that engrossed his mind, was to become an excellent philosopher. His father, however, who had many children, and whose income was limited, w'as inclined to recall him from college, after he had passed a. Few years there. He communicated his design to Magdalene J asso, his daughter, who was abbess of the convent of St. Clare of Gandia, then celebrated for the austerity of its rule. It had been founded by some French ladies, whom the calamities of war had forced to abandon their native country, and seek refuge in the kingdom of Valencia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.