The irremediable decline of communiste parties, already clear for us due to their "bolshevisation", seems less and less doubtful to the most optimistic of the clear-headed thinkers.
By 1893, he had reduced the diocesan debt by half, with his peers describing him as a practical, clear-headed man of business due to his administrative ability.
Responsible, intelligent and clear-headed he was constantly setting up strategies for his family as if he knew instinctively what was bestand he was usually right.