He was able to persuade himself
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"About the same period [1648] there were in Buenos Ayres some twenty
thousand Africans who could not speak Spanish. In order to be able
to administer spiritual food to these, Father Chomé studied the
tongue of Angola, in which in the course of three months he acquired
such proficiency that he was able to persuade himself that the
Africans understood his attempts to expound the doctrines of
Christianity. His linguistic powers marked him out for service in
Peru, but his destination was changed to Paraguay."
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50990/50990-h/50990-h.htm
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Authors: ag