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If I believed God capable of that I should utterly despise Him. JOHN: It sounds mean. IF I BELIEVE GOD CAPABLE OF THAT I SHOULD UTTERLY DESPISE HIM JOHN IT SOUNDS MEAN
ial--we at least owed Him something in return. You will admit, I suppose, that decent people do not accept the loan of a friend’s house and then utterly neglect and defile it? JOHN: It would be in shocking taste. ELINOR: Then doing the thousand-and-one actions which defile the soul are in shocking taste also. Don Quixote was infinitely nearer a true knowledge of the obligation entailed by the possession of this loan than any of us modern people! JOHN: Oh, heavens! are you going to drag in fictional characters to illustrate your tirade? I feel the yawn coming. ELINOR: Then I will state what to me are the facts of religion. I believe that I personally, and each one of us, have received from God, for the term of our sojourn on earth, a spark of Himself, and, since He has had the intelligence to construct this planet and a number of others, He cannot be so wholly wanting in logic as deliberately to throw this spark of Himself into temptation, and then deliberately to punish it for falling. LL THINGS BEYOND THE MATERIAL WE AT LEAST OWED HIM SOMETHING IN RETURN YOU WILL ADMIT I SUPPOSE THAT DECENT PEOPLE DO NOT ACCEPT THE LOAN OF A FRIEND'S HOUSE AND THEN UTTERLY NEGLECT AND DEFILE IT JOHN IT WOULD BE IN SHOCKING TASTE ELEANOR THEN DOING THE THOUSAND AND ONE ACTIONS WHICH DEFILE THE SOUL ARE IN SHOCKING TASTE ALSO DON QUIXOTE WAS INFINITELY NEARER A TRUE RELIGION OF THE OBLIGATION ENTAILED BY THE POSSESSION OF THIS LOAN THAN ANY OF ITS MODERN PEOPLE JOHN OH HEAVENS ARE YOU GOING TO DRAG IN FICTIONAL CHARACTERS TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR TIRADE I FEEL THE YAWN COMING ELEANOR THEN I WILL STATE WHAT TO ME ARE THE FACTS OF RELIGION I BELIEVE THAT I PERSONALLY AND EACH ONE OF US HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD FOR THE TERM OF OUR SOJOURN ON EARTH A SPARK OF HIMSELF AND SINCE HE HAS HAD THE INTELLIGENCE TO CONSTRUCT THIS PLANET AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS HE CANOT BE SO WHOLLY WANTING IN LOGIC AS DELIBERATELY TO THROW THE SPARK OF HIMSELF INTO TEMPTATION AND THEN DELIBERATELY TO PUNISH IT FOR FALLING
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