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Chapter 38

           BetweentheseupperandlowerspacesoftheIncomprehensibleyetAbsolute,you,afiniteatomoflimitedcapabilitiesstand,uncertainhowlongthefrailthreadofyourlifeshalllast,yetarrogantlybalancingthequestionwithyourownpoorbrain,astowhetheryouyouinyourutterlittlenessandincompetencyshallcondescendtoacceptaGodornot!Iconfess,thatofallastonishingthingsintheUniverse,thisparticularattitudeofmodernmankindisthemostastonishingtome!"

           "Yourownattitudeis?——"

           "Thereluctantacceptanceofsuchterrificknowledgeasisforceduponme"herepliedwithadarksmile—"IdonotsayIhavebeenanaptorawillingpupilIhavehadtosufferinlearningwhatIknow!"

           "Doyoubelieveinhell?"Iaskedhimsuddenly—"AndinSatan,theArch-Enemyofmankind?"

           HewassilentforsolongthatIwassurprised,themoresoashegrewpaletothelips,andacurious,almostdeathlikerigidityoffeaturegavehisexpressionsomethingoftheghastlyandterrible.Afterapauseheturnedhiseyesuponmeanintenseburningmiserywasreflectedinthem,thoughhesmiled.

           "MostassuredlyIbelieveinhell!HowcanIdootherwiseifIbelieveinheaven?IfthereisanUptheremustbeaDown;ifthereisLight,theremustalsobeDarkness!And,...

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