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

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1858

pg 338       than a piece of land already offered to two communities.  
             Therefore, since we were working at our own risk, a certain 
             latitude should be allowed us for our activity, and this Mgr. Dela 
             Hailandiere himself guaranteed us.  The chapter of the University 
             bears his seal, and the Sisters likewise received his approbation 
             and even presents from him. 
                  We are aware that some Bishops in the United States are not 
             in favor of colleges; but everybody also knows that the majority 
             show by their acts that they are of a different opinion.  If at 
             this day a Bishop who knows us but imperfectly questions the 
             utility of our college, we have reason to rejoice, since the same 
             Bishop nine years ago expressed his regret that it was not burned 
             down instead of the workshops, which had just been reduced to 
             ashes by a fire.  We are no less thankful to the good Lord who has 
             built this college, a stands written on the front:  Dominus 
             aedificavit domum, and none the less convinced that it is for us a 
             means of doing good, and especially of smoothing the way for our