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A lie has to be puffed aloft, and kept from falling by men's breath. Leave a lie on the bosom of Silence, and it sinks. A LIE HAS TO BE PUFFED ALOFT AND KEPT FROM FALLING BY MEN'S BREATH LEAVE A LIE ON THE BOSOM OF SILENCE AND IT SINKS
 the fight. Amid the babel of the schools we stand bewildered and affrighted. Silence gives us peace and hope. Silence teaches us no creed, only that God's arms are around the universe. How small and unimportant seem all our fretful troubles and ambitions when we stand with them in our hand before the great calm face of Silence! We smile at them ourselves, and are ashamed. Silence teaches us how little we are--how great we are. In the world's market-places we are tinkers, tailors, apothecaries, thieves--respectable or otherwise, as the case may be--mere atoms of a mighty machine--mere insects in a vast hive. It is only in Silence that it comes home to us that we are something much greater than this--that we are _men_, with all the universe and all eternity before us. It is in Silence we hear the voice of Truth. The temples and the marts of men echo all night and day to the clamour of lies and shams and quackeries. But in Silence falsehood cannot live. You cannot float a lie on Silence. URTS AND STRENGTHEN FOR THE FIGHT AMID THE BABEL OF THE SCHOOLS WE STAND BEWILDERED AND AFFRIGHTED SILENCE GIVES US PEACE AND HOPE SILENCE TEACHES US NO CREED ONLY THAT GOD'S ARMS ARE AROUND THE UNIVERSE HOW SMALL AND UNIMPORTANT SEEM ALL OUR FRETFUL TROUBLES AND AMBITIONS WHEN WE STAND WITH THEM IN OUR HAND BEFORE THE GREAT CALM FACE OF SILENCE WE SMILE AT THEM OURSELVES AND ARE ASHAMED SILENCE TEACHES US HOW LITTLE WE ARE HOW GREAT WE ARE IN THE WORLD'S MARKET PLACES WE ARE TINKERS TAILORS APOTHECARIES THIEVES RESPECTABLE OR OTHERWISE AS THE CASE MAY BE MERE ATOMS OF A MIGHTY MACHINE MERE INSECTS IN A VAST HIVE IT IS ONLY IN SILENCE THAT IT COMES HOME TO US THAT WE ARE SOMETHING MUCH GREATER THAN THIS THAT WE ARE MEN WITH ALL THE UNIVERSE AND ALL ETERNITY BEFORE US IT IS IN SILENCE THAT WE HEAR THE VOICE OF TRUTH THE TEMPLES AND THE MARTS OF MEN ECHO ALL NIGHT AND DAY TO THE CLAMOR OF LIES AND SHAMS AND QUACKERIES BUT IN SILENCE FALSEHOOD CANNOT LIVE YOU CANNOT FLOAT A LIE ON SILENCE
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