Excerpt from Demonstration of the Necessity of Abolishing a Constrained Clerical Celibacy: Exhibiting the Evils of That Institution, and the Remedy We are neither insensible of the great privilege we enjoy of paying a just tribute of respect to the talents of the first Regent of Brazil, nor of the high gratification which Brazilians must experience in view of the admiration which this production Of their distinguished fellow-countryman is destined to challenge from the learned of North America and Of Europe. But it is with still greater pleas ure that we contemplate the services which the labors of that worthy man may yet render to the cause of truth. His Demonstration of the neces sity of abolishing a constrained clerical celibacy, will be sought for by various classes of men, and will probably be found capable of administering to each a word in season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.