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…on that journey, burdened as I was by my ailments, are known only to Him who knows the hearts of men. Yet, by the grace of God, I overcame all obstacles and arrived in Paderborn, where I was admitted to the Jesuit novitiate on October 2, 1618. However, my afflictions could not remain hidden even on the first day. My difficulty walking due to severe…
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