which you manifest to a cause so important to his Church.”[105] He might have gone on in this strain much longer, for he was kindling as he advanced, but I interrupted him by rising to take my leave, and said: “Indeed, my dear father, had I any influence in France, I should have it proclaimed, by sound of trumpet: ‘_BE IT KNOWN TO ALL MEN, that when the Jacobins SAY that sufficient grace is given to all, they MEAN that all have not the grace which actually suffices!_’ After which, you might say it as often as you please, but not otherwise.” And thus ended our visit. You will perceive, therefore, that we have here a _politic sufficiency_ somewhat similar to _proximate power_. Meanwhile I may tell you, that it appears to me that both the proximate power and this same sufficient grace may be safely doubted by anybody, provided he is not a Jacobin.[106] I have just come to learn, when closing my letter, that the censure[107] has passed. But as I do not yet know in what terms it is worded, and as it will not be published till the 15th of February, I shall delay writing you about it till the next post.—I am, &c. ----- Footnote 97: The Dominicans. Footnote 98: _Et la suite fera voir que ces derniers ne sont pas les plus dupes._ This clause, which appears in the last Paris edition, is wanting in the ordinary editions. The following sentence seems to require it. Footnote 99: _Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne_—literally, “He votes with his cap like a monk in the Sorbonne”—alluding to the custom in that place of taking off the cap when a member was not disposed to speak, or in token of agreement with the rest. The half-hour sand-glass was a trick of the Jesuits, or Molinist party, to prevent their opponents from entering closely into the merits of the controversy, which required frequent references to the fathers. (Nicole, i. 184.) Footnote 100: