Bysayingsufficientweexpressallthatisnecessaryforaction；anditwillservelittlepurposefortheDominicanstoexclaimthattheyattachanothersensetotheexpression；thepeople，accustomedtothecommonacceptationofthatterm，wouldnotevenlistentotheirexplanation。ThustheSocietygainsasufficientadvantagefromtheexpressionwhichhasbeenadoptedbytheDominicans，withoutpressingthemanyfurther；andwereyoubutacquaintedwithwhatpassedunderPopesClementVIIIandPaulV，andknewhowtheSocietywasthwartedbytheDominicansintheestablishmentofthesufficientgrace，youwouldnotbesurprisedtofindthatitavoidsembroilingitselfinquarrelswiththemandallowsthemtoholdtheirownopinion，providedthatoftheSocietyisleftuntouched；andmoreespecially，whentheDominicanscountenanceitsdoctrine，byagreeingtoemploy，onallpublicoccasions，thetermsufficientgrace。\"TheSociety，\"hecontinued，\"isquitesatisfiedwiththeircomplaisance。Itdoesnotinsistontheirdenyingthenecessityofefficaciousgrace，thiswouldbeurgingthemtoofar。Peopleshouldnottyrannizeovertheirfriends；andtheJesuitshavegainedquiteenough。Theworldiscontentwithwords；fewthinkofsearchingintothenatureofthings；andthusthenameofsufficientgracebeingadoptedonbothsides，thoughindifferentsenses，thereisnobody，exceptthemostsubtletheologians，whoeverdreamsofdoubtingthatthethingsignifiedbythatwordisheldbytheJacobinsaswellasbytheJesuits；
andtheresultwillshowthattheselastarenotthegreatestdupes。\"I
acknowledgedthattheywereashrewdclassofpeople，theseJesuits；and，availingmyselfofhisadvice，IwentstraighttotheJacobins，atwhosegateIfoundoneofmygoodfriends，astaunchJansenist（foryoumustknowIhavegotfriendsamongallparties），whowascallingforanothermonk，differentfromhimwhomIwasinsearchof。Iprevailedonhim，however，aftermuchentreaty，toaccompanyme，andaskedforoneofmyNewThomists。
Hewasdelightedtoseemeagain。\"Hownow！mydearfather，\"Ibegan，\"itseemsitisnotenoughthatallmenhaveaproximatepower，withwhichtheycanneveractwitheffect；theymusthavebesidesthisasufficientgrace，withwhichtheycanactaslittle。Isnotthatthedoctrineofyourschool？\"\"Itis，\"saidtheworthymonk；\"andIwasupholdingitthisverymorningintheSorbonne。Ispokeonthepointduringmywholehalf—hour；
and，butforthesand—glass，Ibadefairtohavereversedthatwickedproverb，nowsocurrentinParis：’Hevoteswithoutspeaking，likeamonkintheSorbonne。’\"\"Whatdoyoumeanbyyourhalf—hourandyoursand—glass？\"I