The United States Catholic Magazine And Monthly Review 1848 Vol 7

Excerpt from The United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review, 1848, Vol. 7: Containing Chiefly Original Articles, a Summary of Ecclesiastical Intelligence, &C Much as the missionaries have sought to conceal or palliate this dreadful state of things, in their correspondence with their friends and supporters at home, the truth has come out in spite of their stu died silence; and it is even virtually ad mitted by themselves. A single fact re ferred to by Mr. Melville will serve to show in what estimation the virtue and morals of the converted Polynesians are held by their religious instructors them selves. Facts speak more eloquently than words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.