"Everywhere

I see in the world the intellect of man,

That sword, the energy his subtle spear,

The knowledge which defends him like a shield—

Everywhere; but they make not up, I think,

The marvel of a soul like thine, earth's flower

She holds up to the softened gaze of God."A

A: The Ring and the BookThe Pope, 1013-1019.

But yet she recognized with patient pain the loss she had sustained for want of knowledge.

"The saints must bear with me, impute the fault