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ing college, should be well prepared to defend his faith against the numberless misrepresentations which are prevailing among Protestants about things Catholic. Half the controversies which go on in the world arise from ignorance and misinformation; and educated laymen that are able to remove such prejudices by a correct statement of facts of history and doctrines – and numerous questions of this kind occur in social intercourse – not only vindicate the calumniated Church, but also further peace and good feeling among men of different creeds.