The Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti - With an Introductory Memoir of Eminent Linguists, Ancient and Modern #233134

At the same time the interest with which the subject seemed to be generally regarded, led me to hope that, by collecting, while they were yet recent, the reminiscences of persons of various countries and tongues, who had known and spoken with the Cardinal, it might be possible to lay the foundation of a much more exact judgment regarding him than had hitherto been attainable.