[Footnote 5256: "Vie de Mgr. Dupanloup," I., 506 (1853). "More than one hundred free ecclesiastical establishments for secondary education have been founded since the law of 1850."--"Statistique de l'enseignement secondaire." In 1865, there were 276 free ecclesiastical schools for secondary instruction with 34,897 pupils, of which 23.549 were boarders and 11,348 day-scholars. In 1876, there were 390 with 46,816 pupils, of which 33,092 were boarders and 13,724 day-scholars.] [Footnote 5257: "La Charité à Nancy," by Abbé Girard, p.87.--"Vie du Cardinal Mathieu," by Mgr. Besson, 2 vols.] [Footnote 5258: December, 1890.] [Footnote 5259: Cf., in the above-mentioned biographies, the public and political discourses of the leading prelates, especially those of M. Mathieu (of Besançon), M. Dupanloup (of Orleans), Mgr. de Bonnechose (of Rouen), and particularly Mgr. Pie (of Poitiers).] [Footnote 5260: A fact told me by a lady, an eye-witness. In the seventeenth century it is probable that Fénelon or Bossuet would have regarded such a response as extravagant and even sacrilegious.] [Footnote 5261: Imagine the impression this might have had on ambitious men dreaming of establishing their own faithful parties. (SR.)] [Footnote 5262: Abbé Elie Méric, in the "Correspondant" of January 10, 1890, p. 18.] [Footnote 5263: "De l'État actuel du clergé en France" (1839), p.248, by the brothers Allignol. Careers of every kind are too crowded; "only the ecclesiastical is in want of subjects; willing youths are the only ones wanted and none are found." This is due, say these authors, to the profession of assistant-priest being too gloomy--eight years of preparatory study five years in the seminary, 800 francs of pay with the risk of losing it any day, poor extras, a life-servitude, no retiring pension, etc.--"Le Grand Péril de L'Église en France," by Abbé Bougaud (4th ed., 1879), pp 2-23.--"Lettre Circulaire" (No. 53) of Mgr. Thiebaut, archbishop of Rouen, 1890, p.618.] [Footnote 5264: There is a gradual suppression of the subvention in 1877 and 1853 and a final one in 1885.] [Footnote 5265: Abbé Bougaud, Ibid., p. 118, etc.--The lower seminary contains about 200 or 250 pupils. Scarcely one of these pays full board. They pay on the average from 100 to 200 frs. per head, while their maintenance costs 400 francs.--The instructors who are priests get 600 francs a year. Those who are not priests get 300 francs, which adds 12,000 francs to the expenses and brings the total deficit up to 42,000 or 52,000 francs.] [Footnote 5266: Somewhat like television where he who controls this media controls the minds of the people. (SR.)] [Footnote 5267: Circular letter (No. 53) of M. Léon, archbishop of Rouen (1890), p. 618 and following pages.]