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Chapter 35

           Itisnothingtomenow—now,whenwithouthope,orfaithorlove,Iamabouttotakethefinalplungeintoeternaldarknessandsilence—butforthesakeofthosewhohavethecomfortofareligionIask,why,inaso-calledChristiancountry,issuchahideousblasphemyas‘BeforeaCrucifix’allowedtocirculateamongthepeoplewithoutsomuchasonereprooffromthosewhoelectthemselvesjudgesofliterature?Ihaveseenmanynoblewriterscondemnedunheard—manyhavebeenaccusedofblasphemy,whoseworkstendquitetheotherway—buttheselinesarepermittedtoworktheircruelmischiefunchecked,andthewriterofthemisglorifiedasthoughhewereabenefactortomankind.Iquotethemhere,frombittermemory,thatImaynotbedeemedasexaggeratingtheirnature—

           "Sowhenoursoulslookbacktothee,

           Theysicken,seeingagainstthyside,

           Toofoultospeakofortosee,

           Theleprouslikenessofabride,

           Whosekissinglipsthroughhislipsgrown

           LeavetheirGodrottentothebone.

           Whenwewouldseetheeman,andknow

           Whatheartthouhad’sttowardsmanindeed,

           Lo,thyblood-blackenedaltars;lo,

           Thelipsofprieststhatprayandfeed,

           Whiletheirownhell’swormcurlsandlicks

           Thepoisonofthecrucifix.

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