The Novels of Ferdinand Fabre: Including an Account of His Life and a Discussion of His Position in Literature; A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of ... of Doctor of Philosophy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Novels of Ferdinand Fabre: Including an Account of His Life and a Discussion of His Position in Literature; A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

The summer of 1847 she went to Montpellier, and on her return announced that a rich and pious cousin, Clo tilde Sicard, a nun in the convent of La Visitation de sainte-marie, was willing to assume the payment of Ferd inand's board until he should complete his studies at the higher seminary in Montpellier. He hesitated to ac cept the offer, for, as he frankly stated to his aunt, the young man who is as readily attracted as he by the charms of the opposite sex, is not destined for the life of a celibate. The father hoping that the medical career might yet be possible did not urge him. His mother, although she would have liked to see her son a priest, feared that his incli nations were not such as to lead him to the Church. However, the thought of the poverty of the family so frightened him that prospects of offering them a home in his future parish finally persuaded him to yield to his aunt's insistence.

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