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21 " I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck. I think they all stem from some insufficiency in men’s minds, perhaps from a lack of a willingness to feel themselves utterly alone. But now and then I feel that there is something beyond the material world, something we all feel intimations of but cannot explain. Underneath the religious vision there is the harsh fundamental reality of all our lives, because we know we must live and die as the animals we are. But sometimes I suspect that under that harsh reality there is a further vision, still deeper based, that comes nearer to true reality than the reality we know. "
― Winston Graham , The Black Moon (Poldark, #5)
22 " In order to destroy this system which we so much detest we are creating conditions over here which run contrary to our dearest p-principles. "
23 " But once ignited the power and the grace of the Holy Spirit was like a bush fire. "