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I can thus say, without fear of contradiction from anyone who knows him, that Reverend Father Toulotte is a model not only of virtue and therefore of zeal, but also of the love of study and of knowledge of all that pertains to ancient Christian Africa.

After mature reflection before God on the circumstances of such an important matter I have come to the opinion that, with all the responsibilities that burden me already, I could not reserve to my own person the administration of the Apostolic Vicariate without doing harm to its future development.

Wisdom, patience and moderation are more necessary here than elsewhere and it would be the ruin of everything to speak of the Motherland, as some of our colleagues have done, or maintain as absolute arguments which are at the very least questionable and perhaps are excessive.

The absolute obligation of always speaking Arabic among you and with the local people has to be observed. Without this, you will make no progress and Father Richard will not succeed.

There, then, for an entire unfortunate race, is the cruel Passion of the Saviour truly renewed. All its elements are found there. I could point them out one by one. Nothing is missing, neither the Herods, nor the Pilates, nor the Judas, nor the cruelty of the scourging, nor the cowardly insults, nor the cross.