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Chapter 21

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

           "Ofcourse—andIdenyitstill"—heansweredquickly—"IhavenotafatlivinginthechurchthatIshouldtellalieonsuchasubject.IamnotaChristian;norisanyonelivingaChristian.Toquoteaveryoldsaying‘ThereneverwasaChristiansaveOne,andHewascrucified.’ButthoughIamnotaChristianIneversaidIdoubtedtheexistenceofChrist.Thatknowledgewasforceduponme—withconsiderablepressuretoo!"

           "Byareliableauthority?"Iinquiredwithaslightsneer.

           Hemadenoimmediatereply.Hisflashingeyeslooked,asitwere,throughmeandbeyondmeatsomethingfaraway.Thecuriouspallorthatattimesgavehisfacethesetlookofanimpenetrablemask,cameuponhimthen,andhesmiled—anawfulsmile.Somightamansmileoutofdeadlybravado,whentoldofsomedimanddreadfultortureawaitinghim.

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

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