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Chapter 41

           

           "Lo,herewepause!"saidthecommandingVoice—"Here,wherethedistortedshapeofManhathnevercastashadow!herewherethearrogantmindofManhathneverconceivedasin!here,wherethegodlessgreedofManhathneverdefacedabeauty,orslainawoodlandthing!here,thelastspotonearthleftuntaintedbyMan’spresence!Hereistheworld’send!whenthislandisfound,andtheseshoresprofanedwhenMammonplantsitsfootuponthissoilthendawnstheJudgment-Day!But,untilthen,...here,whereonlyGoddothworkperfection,angelsmaylookdownundismayed,andevenfiendsfindrest!"

           AsolemnsoundofmusicsurgedupontheairandIwhohadbeenasoneinchains,boundbyinvisiblebondsandunabletostir,wassuddenlyliberated.FullyconsciousoffreedomIstillfacedthedarkgiganticfigureofmyFoeforhisluminouseyeswerenowuponme,andhispenetratingvoiceaddressedmeonly.

           "Man,deceivenotthyself!"hesaid—"Thinknottheterrorsofthisnightarethedelusionofadreamorthesnareofavision!Thouartawakenotsleepingthouartfleshaswellasspirit!Thisplaceisneitherhellnorheavennoranyspacebetweenitisacornerofthineownworldonwhichthoulivest.WhereforeknowfromhenceforththattheSupernaturalUniverseinandaroundtheNaturalisnoliebutthechiefReality,inasmuchasGodsurroundethall!Fatestrikesthinehourandinthishour’tisgiventheetochoosethyMaster.

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