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Chapter 21

           "Youamazeme!"Isaidatlast"YoualludetoChrist,Isuppose;buteverybodyisconvincedbythistimethatHewasameremanliketherestofus;therewasnothingdivineaboutHim.Whatacontradictionyouare!Why,IrememberyouindignantlydeniedtheaccusationofbeingaChristian."

           "OfcourseandIdenyitstill"heansweredquickly"IhavenotafatlivinginthechurchthatIshouldtellalieonsuchasubject.IamnotaChristian;norisanyonelivingaChristian.Toquoteaveryoldsaying‘ThereneverwasaChristiansaveOne,andHewascrucified.ButthoughIamnotaChristianIneversaidIdoubtedtheexistenceofChrist.Thatknowledgewasforceduponmewithconsiderablepressuretoo!"

           "Byareliableauthority?"Iinquiredwithaslightsneer.

           Hemadenoimmediatereply.Hisflashingeyeslooked,asitwere,throughmeandbeyondmeatsomethingfaraway.Thecuriouspallorthatattimesgavehisfacethesetlookofanimpenetrablemask,cameuponhimthen,andhesmiledanawfulsmile.Somightamansmileoutofdeadlybravado,whentoldofsomedimanddreadfultortureawaitinghim.

           "Youtouchmeonasorepoint,"hesaidatlast,slowly,andinaharshtone"Myconvictionsrespectingcertainreligiousphasesofman’sdevelopmentandprogress,arefoundedonthearduousstudyofsomeveryunpleasanttruthstowhichhumanitygenerallyshutsitseyes,buryingitsheadinthedesert-sandsofitsowndelusions.ThesetruthsIwillnotenteruponnow

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