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| | CIN - St. Francis Xavier by Kate O'Brien |
 | | Francis Xavier was the slowest, the most reluctant, of the famous six young "elected" in Paris to accept Loyola's dream and plan of the Society, and he was the last of the six to submit himself to the test of the Spiritual Exercises. |
 | | Francis, the youngest of their six children, was born late of this marriage, and when his brothers and sisters were already grown up. |
 | | Francis, who was aware of his powers now and very ambitious, clearly had his work cut out, if he was to hold his reputation as a lecturer in philosophy and also pursue eminence in the school oftheology, the most exacting faculty in Paris. |
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