Note 325 — Chapter V · Jesuit Colleges and their Work before the Suppression of the Society (1540–1773).

It is a rather curious fact that some have blamed the Jesuit Superiors for allowing the publication of several of Father Hardouin’s works, curious I say, because it is said again and again that the severe censorship of the Order suppresses all original and independent works of its subjects. “Do what you may, we shall find fault with you,” seems to be the principle guiding some critics of the Order.