Excerpt from Methodist Quarterly Review, 1883, Vol. 35 It is narrated that he was dull in his boyhood, and had no aptitude for learning. Tradition tells us that the future cham pion of the Immaculate Conception of Mary called upon the mother of God to illuminate his mind, and that amid his tear ful struggles he fell asleep. The virgin mother appeared to him and promised the gift of learning on condition of his faithful service in her cause. This was the beginning of a new intellectual life. 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.