Mr. Quick says: "I have said that the object which the Jesuits proposed in their teaching was not the highest object. They did not aim at developing _all_ the faculties of their pupils, but merely the receptive and reproductive faculties. When the young man had acquired a thorough mastery of the Latin language for all purposes, when he was well versed in the theological and philosophical opinions of his preceptors, when he was skillful in dispute, and could make a brilliant display from the resources of a well-stored memory, he had reached the highest point to which the Jesuits sought to lead him."[72] Some critics of the Jesuits claim that they lack in originality of thinking, and that they neglect training in the power of forming correct judgments. They have produced, however, many great men. =Summary.=--Summarizing the educational work of the Jesuits, the following would appear to us to be just:-- 1. Their educational system was by far the most efficient and successful of any during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. 2. This, however, applies only to higher education, as primary education was not undertaken by them. 3. They made their schools interesting, and learning pleasant. Their work was thorough, their consecration complete, their success as teachers marvelous, they being the greatest schoolmasters of their time. 4. They produced a course of study, the _Ratio Studiorum_, which lays principal stress upon the humanities and religious instruction. 5. They taught the necessity of trained teachers, and developed a remarkable power and tact in the work of instruction and school management. 6. They made use of emulation as a means of stimulating ambition,--a principle that tends to arouse the baser motives, and which is therefore to be used guardedly. 7. They were indefatigable in missionary enterprise, and zealous in the propagation of their principles, both religious and educational. 8. They stimulated authorship, advanced learning, and produced many great men. 9. They exerted a powerful influence upon the intellectual, social, and political movements of their time. THE PORT ROYALISTS Opposed to the Jesuits was another body of Catholics, sometimes called Jansenists from the organizer of the movement, and sometimes Port Royalists, because their chief school was at Port Royal near Paris. Their purpose was to check the progress of the Jesuits, to promote greater spirituality in the Church, and to revive the pure Catholicism of St. Augustine. Among their great leaders may be mentioned Pascal, Nicole, and Launcelot. The purpose of the Jansenists was very different from that of the Jesuits, and their methods were more modern. They gave preference to modern languages, while the Jesuits gave chief attention to the classic tongues. Their discipline, like that of the Jesuits, was humane, but firm.