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recovered it? then, indeed, you may say, as it is written in the Book of Wisdom: "All good things come to me with her, and innumerable riches through her hand."
Example. We read in the life of St. Jerome, that he had an insatiable thirst for learning. When still very young, his father sent him to Rome to complete his studies. In this city, he had the misfortune of growing careless in the exercise of that piety which had been instilled into him in his infancy. He no longer restrained his passions, and was full only of worldly views. Being, however, very desirous of improving in his studies, he resolved to travel. He visited the famous schools at Marseilles,
