Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1858

pg 327       edifying lives that are to be found in the world.
                  When they have entered the novitiate, where they can no 
             longer enjoy the liberty and the comforts of the people of the 
             world in this country, they are ever haunted by the thought of the 
             pleasures which they could enjoy and of the money which they could 
             so easily earn.
                  If they persevere for some time and are sent out on the 
             missions, dangers multiply and helps disappear; most frequently 
             they are not half provided with what is necessary for the success 
             of a school.  Here it is a poor cabin with nothing whatsoever 
             attractive about it, elsewhere it is a damp and unhealthy 
             basement; again it is desks or benches, maps or books, etc. that 
             are wanting, and which are delayed whole months, until the 
             patience of the teachers and of scholars is exhausted.
                  If the Brothers live with the pastors, they are generally 
             well treated, but they sometimes learn more than is good for them.
             If they have their own dwelling, they are often left too much to 
             themselves and soon become disgusted with everything.