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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Avendo inteso che V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; abbia determinato di fare nel prossimo Ottobre una spedizione di alquanti Nostri per la Cina, il mio desiderio per questa Missione, che ogni giorno più cresce, mi ha fatto concepire qualche speranza che non potessi io altresì essere uno di quei fortunatissimi a ciò trascelti, ed è perciò che genuflesso a’ piedi di V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; di questa grazia caldissimamente la prego. È vero che agli altri miei demeriti si aggiunge l’aver io ora solamente terminato il secondo anno di Teologia, ed il non essere per anco Sacerdote; ma e non potrei in quel anno o due, nei quali a tutti i Missionar&lt;/span&gt;î &lt;span&gt;è forza rimanere inoperosi nella Cina: onde imparare i costumi, e la difficilissima lingua del paese attendere tutto insieme allo studio della lingua, ed a compiere il mio corso di Teologia, e così trovarmi dopo qualche anno al tempo stesso fornito dell’una, e dell’altra per impiegarmi nel profitto delle anime alla maggior gloria di Dio? e non potrei far ciò comodamente impiegandomi ad aiutare in qualche cosa gli alunni del piccolo Seminario fondato da Monsignor Besi? Io per me lo crederei non difficile; ma quanto è facile che io m'inganni, e che il mio desiderio ed amor proprio mi seduca; ed è perciò che io in tutto mi rimetto a V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt;. Ed in quanto agli altri innumerevoli miei demeriti? Ah! mio M&lt;em&gt;olto&lt;/em&gt; R&lt;em&gt;everendo&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;adre&lt;/em&gt; se questo desiderio viene da Dio, se il N&lt;em&gt;ostro&lt;/em&gt; S&lt;em&gt;anto&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;adre&lt;/em&gt;, cui ho raccomandato l’affare, mosso a compassione di me mi ottenga dal Signore questa grazia, saprà ben egli ottenermi altresì tanto di forze da potere, mediante la mia cooperazione, col divino aiuto non esser degenere suo figliuolo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Finisco per non trattenere più V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; occupatissima, le ho esposto il mio pensiero, ed i miei desiderii, tutto ciò che potrei aggiungere forse sarebbe superfluo. Ella ch’è mio Padre, e mio Superiore farà certamente ciò che crederà poter riuscire a maggior gloria di Dio, ed aiuto dell’anima mia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Intanto baciandole umilmente la mano sono &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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