We are not surprised, therefore, to read that “it was said to be ascertained that not more, perhaps, than the thirtieth part of the population remained Catholic: _step by step, a national constitution unfolded itself, formed upon the principles of Protestantism_.” “In the _Rauris_, and the _Gastein_, in _St. Veit_, _Tamsweg_, and _Radstadt_, the inhabitants loudly demanded the sacramental cup, and this being refused [in order to compel them to remain Catholic], they ceased altogether to attend the sacrament. _They withheld their children, too, from the_ [Catholic] _schools_.” “The _Rhenish nobility_ had early embraced Protestantism.... In all the towns there existed already a Protestant party.... _The inhabitants of Mainz, too, did not hesitate to send their children_ to Protestant schools. In short, from west to east, and from north to south, throughout all Germany, Protestantism had unquestionably the preponderance.” [Sidenote: Accomplished by education] “The Protestant notions extended their vivifying energies to the most remote and most forgotten corners of Europe. What an immense domain had they conquered within the space of forty years! From Iceland to the Pyrenees, from Finland to the heights of the Italian Alps. Even beyond the latter mountains opinions analogous had once, as we are aware, prevailed. _Protestantism embraced the whole range of the Latin church._ It had laid hold of a vast majority of the higher classes, and of the minds that took part in public life; whole nations clung to it with enthusiasm, and states had been remodeled by it. This is the more deserving of our wonder, inasmuch as Protestantism was by no means a mere antithesis, a negation of the papacy, or an emancipation from its rule; it was in the highest degree positive, a renovation of Christian notions and principles, that sway human life even to the profoundest mysteries of the soul.”[128] Notice again that this was due to the educational ideas propagated by Protestants, and the reason why the papacy was so fast losing its foothold was because it had not yet learned that this Reformation, _which began in schools, and was carried forward by Christian schools, must be defeated in schools and by teachers_. For forty years Protestants had the right of way in education, and the results were stupendous. [Sidenote: Protestant schools winning everywhere]