Note 2 — Chapter VII · GORELOVKA AND QUEEN LUKERIA

Eli Smith, speaking of the Roman Catholic missions, is not ashamed to make use of the following language:—“Unfortunately a missionary can hardly set his foot upon any spot in that field (the Mediterranean) without encountering some sentinel of the ‘Mother of Harlots,’ ready to challenge him and shout the alarm” (op. cit. p. 210). In the course of my reading I have incidentally collected parallel passages from the works of other writers belonging to the cloth, and it is with pain that I note that for foul thoughts, expressed through a foul mouth, it would be difficult to find their equal in the writings of lay authors. ↑