Itwillsufficetorelate，thatafterasufficientperiodofpreparationandarrangementsbeingmadeformaintainingacopiousintercoursewithLudlow，IembarkedforBarcelona。Arestlesscuriosityandvigorousapplicationhavedistinguishedmycharacterineveryscene。Herewasspaciousfieldfortheexerciseofallmyenergies。Isoughtoutapreceptorinmynewreligion。Ienteredintotheheartsofpriestsandconfessors，the~hidalgo~andthepeasant，themonkandtheprelate，theaustereandvoluptuousdevoteewerescrutinizedinalltheirforms。
Manwasthechiefsubjectofmystudy，andthesocialspherethatinwhichIprincipallymoved；butIwasnotinattentivetoinanimatenature，norunmindfulofthepast。Ifthescopeofvirtueweretomaintainthebodyinhealth，andtofurnishitshighestenjoymentstoeverysense，toincreasethenumber，andaccuracy，andorderofourintellectualstores，novirtuewasevermoreunblemishedthanmine。Iftoactuponourconceptionsofright，andtoacquitourselvesofallprejudiceandselfishnessintheformationofourprinciples，entitleustothetestimonyofagoodconscience，Imightjustlyclaimit。
Ishallnotpretendtoascertainmyrankinthemoralscale。
Yournotionsofdutydifferwidelyfrommine。Ifasystemofdeceit，pursuedmerelyfromtheloveoftruth；ifvoluptuousness，nevergratifiedattheexpenseofhealth，mayincurcensure，Iamcensurable。This，indeed，wasnotthelimitofmydeviations。
Deceptionwasoftenunnecessarilypractised，andmybiloquialfacultydidnotlieunemployed。Whathashappenedtoyourselvesmayenableyou，insomedegree，tojudgeofthescenesinwhichmymysticalexploitsengagedme。Innoneofthem，indeed，weretheeffectsequallydisastrous，andtheywere，forthemostpart，theresultofwelldigestedprojects。