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works, for the promotion of temperance, and relying as they do more on the grace of God, the efficacy of prayer and the sacraments, than on the strength of the human will alone. We commend these associations, enjoying as they do the blessing of the Holy Father , to the paternal care of the clergy, so that they may flourish more and more, and always adhere to the truly
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