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Letter to Father Charbonnier on the question of the baptism of Muslim children (5th January 1884)
Special reasons for caution at this time compel us to desist from many things in Algeria for fear of seeing all our activities wiped out in one fell swoop; outside of Algeria, however, the same reasons do not pertain and that is why the text of the rule is broad enough to include all possible cases, even one in which the most total freedom exists.

Letter to Father Charmetant (27th January 1883)
My dear Son,
Farewell, my poor Son. This letter is perhaps the last one you will receive from me. I thank you for the services you have rendered to our work and to me. I have, and I shall always keep, a warm affection for you, in spite of all you have just done; I forgive you and I remain yours in Christ Our Lord.

New Instructions for the Fathers of the second caravan to Equatorial Africa (January 1879)
‘I am giving a copy of Instructions to the Fathers who are about to leave this year 1879, which I gave to the Missionaries last year. These are Rules, which they will strive to understand and follow. I regret that the last caravan did not faithfully observe them: it would have prevented a lot of worry and real drawbacks to themselves, to the Mission and to Us.