Excerpt from Virtues and Spiritual Doctrine of St. Vincent De Paul The author presupposes in his readers a general knowledge of the main facts in the life of the saint. Hence, frequent reference. Is made to the story of that life. This may prove to some an unsatisfactory feature of the work. Yet, everything in the book is complete and independent. True, for a more comprehensive understanding of the degree of virtue practised, for a deeper and more intimate feeling of the heroism of many of the acts narrated, an acquaintance with the history of the life of the Saint i's requisite. For the work is a companion to the Life. It is presumed that the major portion of those who will read it are sufficiently familiar with the name and works of the Apostle of Charity, and, therefore, that a mere mention of certain circum stances is all that is required to recall the picture in allita vividness. Or, again, it is hoped that the reading of the work will create such interest as to beget in those, to whom the life of the Saint of suffering humanity is unknown, the desire to peruse it in all its details. 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.