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Chapter 21

           SomeothertimeIwillinitiateyouintoafewofmymysteries."

           Thetorturedsmilepassedfromhisface,leavingitintellectuallycomposedandcalmasusualandIhastilychangedthesubject,forIhadmadeupmymindbythistimethatmybrilliantfriendhad,likemanyexceptionallygiftedpersons,a‘craze’ononetopic,andthattopicaparticularlydifficultonetodiscussasittouchedonthesuperhumanandtherefore(tomythinking)theimpossible.Myowntemperament,whichhad,inthedaysofmypoverty,fluctuatedbetweenspiritualstrivingandmaterialgain,had,withmysuddenaccesstofortune,rapidlyhardenedintothecharacterofamanoftheworldworldly,forwhomallspeculationsastotheunseenforcesworkinginandaroundus,werethemerestfolly,notworthamoment’swasteofthought.IshouldhavelaughedtoscornanyonewhohadthenpresumedtotalktomeaboutthelawofEternalJustice,whichwithindividualsaswellasnations,works,notforapassing‘phase,’butforalltimetowardsgood,andnotevilfornomatterhowmuchamanmaystrivetoblindhimselftothefact,hehasaportionoftheDivinewithinhim,whichifhewilfullycorruptsbyhisownwickedness,hemustbeforcedtocleanseagainandyetagain,inthefierceflamesofsuchremorseandsuchdespairasarerightlytermedthequenchlessfiresofHell!

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