I feel like one who has charge of a vessel. There are numbers of men aboard who work, one for one purpose and another for another purpose. He who gui… - John Joseph Williams

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I feel like one who has charge of a vessel. There are numbers of men aboard who work, one for one purpose and another for another purpose. He who guides the vessel has the whole credit, and still he but represents the whole. And so it is with him at the head of the diocese. If I have done anything for which I should take credit to myself, it is, as I say, owing to my clergy, and also to the laity. I have simply to hold the rudder strongly, give the vessel the right direction, and the winds and waves will carry it where I wish it to go. They simply require a hand to guide them and to restrain them.

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About John Joseph Williams

John Joseph Williams (April 27, 1822 – August 30, 1907) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston.

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