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exercise of my function, since the advancing of virtue and holiness, (which I hope you make your greatest study,) is the peculiar business of my employment.
“them. We were the persons who made this good beginning, and it was not until two years later, when we had made the conquest, and introduced good morals and better manners among the inhabitants, that the pious Franciscan brothers arrived, and three or four years after the virtuous monks of the Dominican order, who further continued the good work, and spread Christianity through the country. The first part of the work, however, next to the Almighty, was done by us, the true Conquistadores, who subdued the country, and by the Brothers of Charity, who accompanied”
― The Conquest of New Spain
― The Conquest of New Spain
“quod quum naturae et legi impossibile est, possibile facit, immo et præstat gratia Dei per Christum.”
― Blaise Pascal - Oeuvres Complètes LCI/40
― Blaise Pascal - Oeuvres Complètes LCI/40
“as the whole conquest never put the crown to any expense.”
― The Conquest of New Spain
― The Conquest of New Spain
“that Cortes' only reason for not wishing to put the monarch to the torture was, that he might secretly take possession of all his riches.”
― The Conquest of New Spain
― The Conquest of New Spain
“Quauhtemoctzin was taken prisoner on St. Hippolytus' day, the 13th August, 1521, about the hour of vespers. Praise and glory be to our Lord Jesus Christ, and to his blessed mother, the Virgin Mary. Amen.”
― The Conquest of New Spain
― The Conquest of New Spain
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