4 JULY 1908, Page 25

" CADAVEROUS " OBEDIENCE.

1.7.0 THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR.”) SIR,—

Latin words from the" Constitutions" of Ignatius of Loyola, quoted in the Spectator, June 20th, 1908.

Perin& ac cadaver.

English translation of same in same, with inverted commas.

I "As devoid of will-power as I a corpse,"

The full "corpse " passage from Ignatius of Loyola.

"Quisque sibi persuadeat quod qui sub obedientia vivunt,

se fern i regi a divina pro- videntia per superiores suos sinere debent, perinde no si cadaver essent quod quoquo- versus fern i et quacumque ratione tractari se sinit."

Translation.

"Let every one be persuaded that those who live under obedi- ence ought to allow themselves to be carried and governed by Divine Providence through their Superiors, as if they were a dead body which allows itself to be carried in any direction and treated in any way."