Note 94 — Chapter XVII · THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHELIEU
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[Kitchin’sw estimate of Father Joseph seems a just one. He says: “It is impossible to say with the Italians, that Richelieu owed everything to him; that Father Joseph not only strengthened him in all the crises of his fortune and gave him wise advice, but that he even invented his policy for him, and supplied him with ideas; yet we must admit that Richelieu owed more to him than to any other person, and that he was thrice happy in such an agent and friend. Yet the difference between them is great: Father Joseph lives in history as an able intriguer; Richelieu as a king among men.”]