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

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1862

pg 465       importance.  But when a man is once aroused to what he considers 
             his duty, there is no knowing how far he will go.
                  At the end of the year the Visitor was in New Orleans, 
             without having arranged anything satisfactorily in the Province of 
             Indiana.  
                  Amidst all the vexations caused by this misunderstanding, 
             Heaven kept up [our] courage by precious blessings.  The college 
             and the academy were in a prosperous and most encouraging state.  
             The war had ruined many institutions along the disputed lines: 
             thus far the north of Indiana had lost nothing by this scourge of 
             the nation, but on the contrary had, in a way, gained by the 
             misfortune of others.  The same reflection applies to public 
             institutions.
                  Unfortunately confidence, which is the soul of commerce, no 
             longer existed.  Whoever happened to be in debt when the war began 
             could not escape being embarrassed to meet his liabilities.  Notre 
             Dame had to suffer from this, especially since provisions and all 
             other articles were going up in price, and paper money was daily 
             less trusted by businessmen.