One remained, however, and from this intrenchment, the last resource of Monseigneur Bienvenu's resis

One remained, however, and from this intrenchment, the last resource of Monseigneur Bienvenu's resistance, came forth this reply, wherein appeared nearly all the harshness of the beginning:-- "Progress should believe in God. Good cannot have an impious servitor. He who is an atheist is but a bad leader for the human race." The former representative of the people made no reply. He was seized with a fit of trembling. He looked towards heaven, and in his glance a tear gathered slowly. When the eyelid was full, the tear trickled down his livid cheek, and he said, almost in a stammer, quite low, and to himself, while his eyes were plunged in the depths:-- "O thou! O ideal! Thou alone existest!" The Bishop experienced an indescribable shock. After a pause, the old man raised a finger heavenward and said:-- "The infinite is. He is there. If the infinite had no person, person would be without limit; it would not be infinite; in other words, it would not exist. There is, then, an I. That I