Excerpt from Addresses at Patriotic and Civic Occasions, Vol. 2 Such the Church in history, such the Church to - day in America. I announce one of the most meaningful acts in her entire history, one most expressive Of her accurate and far peering vision into present and future happenings, and equally so of her wondrous courage to confront existing contingencies and sweep seeming defeat into triumphant victory. I have before my eyes the Catholic schools Of America, primary and secondary, so numerous and so efficient to-day, to be yet more numerous and more efficient tomorrow. 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.