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A great genius in organization. Career. Political and religious situation in Europe. A new knighthood. {xiii} The "Little Company of Jesus." The Spiritual Exercises. Jesuit Missions: India, Japan, China, South America, Reductions of Paraguay, North America. Jesuit Relations, gathering and transmitting knowledge. Education of the Jesuits; great pupils; bibliography.

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Jesuit astronomers. In other fields. All things to all men. Ignatius' legacy of persecution and contumely

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