There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste for a simple and laborious life; secondly, repugnance to suffering of any kind; thirdly, the forgetfulness of the future life.

Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.

With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquility of human existence.

The family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the first form of the church on earth.

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.

Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.

There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return.