Modest Abbe Delile

It is said that the FreDch Abbe Delile anee had in his household a very quick tempered relative, with whom he sometimos had auiiuated disputes and who sometimes went so far as to throw books at the abbe. The abbe mast have been a person of great ainiability and self control. Once, when a particularly large and heavy volume was thrown at bim, he caught it gracefnlly and said: "My dear friend, I must beg of you to reinember that I prefer smaller