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Excerpt from Ravignan's Last Retreat: Given to the Carmelite Nuns of the Monastery, Rue De Messine, Paris, in November, 1857 The discourses composing this Retreat were delivered by Pere de Ravignan, three months before his death, to the Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Rue de Messine. They themselves, with pious care, gathered together the last apostolic words let fall from a mouth SO revered. They thought they ought not bury this treasure in the earth, but ought rather Share it with their Sisters in the different convents which follow the rule of S. Theresa, and with all religious souls, both in and out of the Cloister, who love to feed on the holy teachings of evangelical perfection. 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.