\u00a0I was delighted to learn a part of my genealogy, for I am totally ignorant about things related to my family. However, since I am already sufficiently grown and am strongly interested in it, from time to time, I would like to know a few things about it… And so, my dear father, when you have the spare time, you would give me great pleasure if you would teach me about the affairs and the family ties of our house.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\nOnce he had learned about his genealogy, he thought that it was every bit as good as that of the Sicilian counts. From now on his title would be: Signor Conte Eugenio de Mazenod [Sir Count Eugene de Mazenod]. “The Italians call him Eccelenza [Your Excellency], from his biceps, il conte, [the count], il contino [the little count],” President de Mazenod wrote to Ninette, October 19, 1802\u2026<\/p>\n
October 18, 1799, il contino Eugene wrote to his father:<\/p>\n
\nWhat a disgrace for a count not to know how to shoot, ride a horse, hunt or dance. He would, therefore, take advantage of the hunting and riding lessons that the tutor of the Cannizzaro household would give.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\nThis picture is much different from that of Venice. This is no longer the almost monastic life style under the wise and loving supervision of Don Bartolo. It is life in the open air, the worldly and frivolous life of the castle. The fasts of Venice give way to excellent dinners with Sicilian cuisine, meals the young man’s appetite would know well how to take advantage of<\/p>\n
Eugene goes from party to party, reception to reception. In a word: from worldliness to worldliness.<\/p>\n
Pielorz, The Spiritual Life…<\/em>\u00a0page 90<\/p>\nIt would take a few more years before Eugene would be given the grace to discover where \u201ctrue nobility\u201d lay in his life.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThere is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summarizing Eugene\u2019s letters of this period, Pielorz gives us a picture of Eugene\u2019s life in Palermo: Welcomed as an intimate member of a princely family, Eugene is no longer the Venetian ascetic, nor the fish out of water of Naples … Continue reading
What a disgrace for a count not to know how to shoot, ride a horse, hunt or dance. He would, therefore, take advantage of the hunting and riding lessons that the tutor of the Cannizzaro household would give.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\nThis picture is much different from that of Venice. This is no longer the almost monastic life style under the wise and loving supervision of Don Bartolo. It is life in the open air, the worldly and frivolous life of the castle. The fasts of Venice give way to excellent dinners with Sicilian cuisine, meals the young man’s appetite would know well how to take advantage of<\/p>\n
Eugene goes from party to party, reception to reception. In a word: from worldliness to worldliness.<\/p>\n
Pielorz, The Spiritual Life…<\/em>\u00a0page 90<\/p>\nIt would take a few more years before Eugene would be given the grace to discover where \u201ctrue nobility\u201d lay in his life.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThere is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summarizing Eugene\u2019s letters of this period, Pielorz gives us a picture of Eugene\u2019s life in Palermo: Welcomed as an intimate member of a princely family, Eugene is no longer the Venetian ascetic, nor the fish out of water of Naples … Continue reading
It would take a few more years before Eugene would be given the grace to discover where \u201ctrue nobility\u201d lay in his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summarizing Eugene\u2019s letters of this period, Pielorz gives us a picture of Eugene\u2019s life in Palermo: Welcomed as an intimate member of a princely family, Eugene is no longer the Venetian ascetic, nor the fish out of water of Naples … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n