It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen for a novitiate and especially for an academy. All appearances are against it. (Théodore Guérin)

It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen for a novitiate and especially for an academy. All appearances are against it.

Théodore Guérin

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