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Profession OF FAITH.
believe in God.
| Reflection always made me oonciliats His
Providence. omniscience. mercy.
possess the enliment OF religion; innate
to man. 1t 10 aroused By the contemplation OF
iever had faith in and believed in the dog
What know. owe it. above all. to my per-
reeosnize tha. I am very weak in n, al re re-
which. however. am perfectly able to aD-
Social Social laws l % Occupied much Of my time: am
not the person to Say the part that I continu-
ally took In their study and application. J.,
ssuaaE WITH
with an idea 10 protect national industries up
IhSye always ieaned toward free:i struction,
with no State inspection except OF morals and
families Families and md 10 the pastors Of the different
also desired the establishment Of two uni
SOUTH with all necessary faculties and insti-
tutes appropriated to the different regions, tho
worisd Very hard for the liberty OF elec.
to guarantee obligatory representation by the
third lrepressntat2mn m ot minE,riss.; prefer.
E bs ey as v
which should be that OF the majority Of all the
voters OF @ nation.
possible like. that Of France, reforming tho
constitution in order that there might be ad-
inferior maristrates nominated by means of
competitive examinations before q judicial
from a Which ~ % the Goyernment @ % may choose: com.
petitive examinations for places OF adminis-
tration: categories 81 presidlnG ohlcSrs tor @ the
ern may be prepared according to tho import
ance Of each one.
who knew how to read and write. which sup
poses moral and Intellectual worth. that is. the
always tried not to sacrifice tho Admins
studied the construction Of palaces for tho
library and exhibitions of different kinds and
for public lectures:
cal Improvement Of the people. above all in re-
lation TO healthy dwellings. to their cheap price.
inever failed studying single project. dis
at tho truth: My whole time was s, OCCUPIED in
read all the newspapers Of the capital and
eVsrythi19 eV % Of I'M my OWN self as IS far as possbe pc
and had extracts made and made them myself
rS the ss n
I was ever present at all public acts to SEQ
i was an extreme lover Of the dramatic and
lyric theatre. always desirous to form ma
i never forgot the Academy of Fine Arts.
and did what could for the Lyceum of Arts
My desire was to establish q larger number
OF dioceses according to our territory. as we'll
studisd Carefully all things relative to cur
rent money and In reference to banks.
4s the 70 ss
neet.d WIZ LITERARY pr IN
mum. mum before he H sven made them Hublic. 1'
l carefully and constantly studied questions
Of mmigration on basis, .n Of their acauITing
ton Of rivers and different ways Of communal
had resolved on the foundation Of an astro-
nomical obseryatory modelled I'd after ,s the It most
and 81 Woua
been superior to that OF Nice.
always thought on all ,mprG;v.msnts l, ~ eve; for
Opposed to and ever sought TO avoid war.
ssriousiy occupied my atlsn.i.n, 50 thai ys
might bs freed from % z. d that with
oI' aiWays % cheris6ed the desire % to see Brazil,
which is SO dear to me: my Brazil. free from
ignorance: withou, any false religion; without
As to mo man should be regsnerated and not
suppressed. and for that:reason studied very
interest M in everything relating to Prisons. and
Weighing all modern questions that tended to
tried to abolish capital punishment. having
charged ylscount dc Ouro Preto to present to
the Chambers a bill for the legal adjustment
/ patiently studied each esse in ord.r. to
comm ute tho last penalty When did not find
talnty being already itself a severe penalty
for criminals.
ev.r snce that Of Gea WITCH eGb
lshed interesting roporis; l remember well |
that Of Agasstz am and OF some tG which made our
presided not long g.ag,oP ago over the commission
in a, short time 1t would present. its work.
"a s4aT # s es sHss 81 % fssss sss
Prpllting tor this purrose some OF our estab-
Hi super9E END Or this
and others to organize plan OF statutes
| ever tried to encourage literary and scien-
Ing myself for the growth OF the National Mu-
D eGHS FnSxn ad i5s Hops ss nsa %sn, h; Ii
labors ere 70 Cd day cited M and Hpplanded
PRACTICAL schools OF agrlculture ana Zootomy |
my attention.
! gave al my attention to ways Of oommuni-
sides others, special study Of tho works Of the |
celebrated engineer Hawksbaw. relative to tho |
bar Of Rio Grande do Sui.
In the same way everything that has refer |
zon to- the Plate and thence to the San Fran
cisco, from the mouth up; to be connected by |
basins OF the Amazon and Plate.
Would TO- God that navigation by balloons |
may be able to disuense with ell this. and. |
rising high above all. the same as submarine |
navigation going underneath all. both FREQ us
from tempest.
These, however are vain. - 1t is In
scientific thoughts and In constant study that |
! find consolation and keep myself from moral |
tempests ID. PEDRO DE ALCANTARA.
CANNES. April 23. 1891.
Behold what I received from his Majesty,
Dom Pedro H., and give II to be published as
ons of the most beautiful documents, the most
SINCERE and the most honorable for the history
of Brazil. VIscouNT DE TAUNAY.
RIO DE JANEIRo, May 81. 1891.