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Chapter 2

           

           Pierrelistenedwithswellingheart,gazingintotheMason’sfacewithshiningeyes,notinterruptingorquestioninghim,butbelievingwithhiswholesoulwhatthestrangersaid.WhetherheacceptedthewisereasoningcontainedintheMason’swords,orbelievedasachildbelieves,inthespeaker’stoneofconvictionandearnestness,orthetremorofthespeaker’svoice—whichsometimesalmostbroke—orthosebrilliantagedeyesgrownoldinthisconviction,orthecalmfirmnessandcertaintyofhisvocation,whichradiatedfromhiswholebeing(andwhichstruckPierreespeciallybycontrastwithhisowndejectionandhopelessness)—atanyrate,Pierrelongedwithhiswholesoultobelieveandhedidbelieve,andfeltajoyfulsenseofcomfort,regeneration,andreturntolife.

           “Heisnottobeapprehendedbyreason,butbylife,”saidtheMason.

           “Idonotunderstand,”saidPierre,feelingwithdismaydoubtsreawakening.Hewasafraidofanywantofclearness,anyweakness,intheMason’sarguments;hedreadednottobeabletobelieveinhim.“Idon’tunderstand,”hesaid,“howitisthatthemindofmancannotattaintheknowledgeofwhichyouspeak.”

           TheMasonsmiledwithhisgentlefatherlysmile.

           “Thehighestwisdomandtrutharelikethepurestliquidwemaywishtoimbibe,”hesaid.“CanIreceivethatpureliquidintoanimpurevesselandjudgeofitspurity?OnlybytheinnerpurificationofmyselfcanIretaininsomedegreeofpuritytheliquidIreceive.”

           “Yes,yes,thatisso,”saidPierrejoyfully.

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