Excerpt from The True Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis of Sales: Bishop and Prince of Geneva, Institutor and Founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary What does this expression mean No one has given us a better explanation of it than the Saint himself in his thirteenth conference, on the spirit of the Rules. He there Shows us, how all religious orders have one general and common spirit, that of aspiring to the perfection of charity but each has its indi vidual spirit, in the means by which its rules direct the attainment of that end. (p. 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.