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21 " I used to pass the flowers by without seeing them, as almost every man does. "
― Lloyd C. Douglas , The Robe
22 " Nor could you clarify this confusion by assuming that the old man had been a victim of hallucination. Bartholomew wasn’t that type of person. He was neither a liar nor a fool. "
23 " There is no vanity so damaging to a man's character as pride over his good deeds! "
24 " …they pick flowers, but they do not sweep the sky! "
25 " there is always something fundamentally wrong with a rich man or a king who pretends to be religious. Let the poor and helpless invoke the gods. That is what the gods are for—to distract the attention of the weak from their otherwise intolerable miseries. When an emperor makes much ado about religion, he is either cracked or crooked. "
26 " That's what is wrong. Jesus commands us to carry on his work, no matter at what cost in privation, pain, and hazard of life; and all we've accomplished is a free boarding-house and loafing-place for anybody who will say, "I believe. "
27 " tarry "