It was obvious that to effect in Europe such a restoration as these claims implied, a lengthened preparation of ideas must go before the restoration of facts; and that restoration of ideas it was which we now see undertaken.

FOOTNOTES:

[24] Kurze Geschichte des Vaticanischen Concils, p. 9.

[25] Roma Papale, p. 7.

[26] Allocution of Dec. 15, 1856. Receuil, p. 382.

[27] Civiltá, Serie IV. vol. iv. p. 430.

[28] Liverani, p. 163.

[29] Receuil, p. 400.

[30] Discorsi, vol. i. p. 158.

[31] See the whole narrative in Unitá Cattolica, March 17, 1870. Also Mrs. Oliphant's Life of Montalembert.