Excerpt from A Retrospect of Fifty Years, Vol. 2Today Napoleon and his dynasty have passed away. The storm has subsided. The Bishops of France and of Europe are more firmly united than ever to the rock Of Peter. And here we are peace fully witnessing the Consecration to God of this noble edifice, in the midst Of an immense, enlight ened, sympathizing and enthusiastic congregation, upon a Spot too which was then considered as one of the outposts Of Civilization.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.