22 JULY 1949, Page 17

JESUIT DOCTRINES

Stn,—May I say how much I enjoyed Mr. Palmer's lively and profound article, Living in the Future, before querying a small allusion in it to " the Jesuits of the Counter-Reformation with their belief in the end justifying the means." This belief has frequently been attributed to the Society of Jesus, but I have never seen any evidence cited to support it ; and it would be interesting to know upon what basis it may rest, beyond that of the very but infinitely resilient cushion of notions taken for granted from earliest childhood.—Yours faithfully, RENEE HAYNES. 21 Hilgrove Road, N.W .8.