Joseph Dever

“The Cardinal thinks parents could draw a good lesson from his father and this anxious B. C. High experience. "Parents have the feeling that unless their children get high marks, their tuition money is being wasted. This isn't necessarily true. Some kids, temporarily or permanently, simply don't have the brain-power for high scholastic honors. If they're high-pressured Toward this impractical goal they sometimes get discouraged and quit. If they're told to do the best they can they usually keep plugging and get by.”
― Joseph Dever, Cushing of Boston: A Candid Portrait

“Bishop Cushing concluded the eulogy by citing a piece of verse, the author of which is not named. It is a genuine and accurate tribute to Cardinal O'Connell's memory: Were a star quenched on high, For years would its light Still streaming from the sky Fall on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. And that was the farewell the heir-apparent said to his first superior, William Henry Cardinal O'Connell.”
― Joseph Dever, Cushing of Boston: A Candid Portrait