“ T is a subject of lasting regret that no stenographer reported the address of congratulation delivered by the Archbishop of Philadelphia. It was a delightful exposition of his happiest manner, and while, as an effect, it impressed itself on the memory of every hearer, even those who recalled it most clearly felt that they could never reproduce the choice of words, the play of fancy, the light of wit, and, in certain passages, the serious and ardent religious sentiment that characterized it. ”

“ Fear that the ladies present, elated and convinced by such a testimony, would go home believing themselves the superiors of their fathers, brothers and husbands. Nay, even the good religious, humble as they might have become by meditation and prayer, would possibly begin to hold themselves as the superiors of priests, bishops, archbishops! ”