François de Salignac de La Mothe FÉNELON (1651-1715). L.A.S. "Fr. Ar. Duc de Cambray", Cambrai May 15, 1709; 4 pages in-8. Beautiful letter to a curialist. He assures his correspondent of his esteem. If I dared, I would use freer terms to profess to you that I love you tenderly. I will remember all my life with consolation the uprightness, the equity, and the sincerity of your heart. I have seen with joy and edification your love for the Church, and your attachment without worldly politics to the Holy See. The request is delicate, and "it will be up to you [...] that I do not carry it out, when you let me know that it can be done with some fruit and without indiscretion. I must disown my thoughts, assume that the superiors have superior lights, and be happy to keep silent with profound respect... This is what I will do, if it pleases God, without pain and for the rest of my life. What is certain is that despite the boundless zeal I have for those who are dissatisfied with me, I cannot go any further than I have been. If one knew the state of things, one would not doubt it, and one would do me justice on the expressions I have used. While one is arrested by delicacies, one lets the evil grow [...] and one abandons those who support the good cause. God sees this and allows it. I have only to adore him and pray to him for those who share the concern of all the churches...