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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. A lie has to be puffed aloft, and kept from falling by men's breath. 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 A LIE HAS TO BE PUFFED ALOFT AND KEPT FROM FALLING BY MEN'S BREATH
e one alone--and think. There is much help in Silence. From its touch we gain renewed life. Silence is to the Soul what his Mother Earth was to Briareus. From contact with it we rise healed of our hurts and strengthened 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. HE PESTERING GUIDES WOULD LEAVE ONE ALONE AND THINK THERE IS MUCH HELP IN SILENCE FROM ITS TOUCH WE GAIN RENEWED LIFE SILENCE IS TO THE SOUL WHAT IS MOTHER EARTH WAS TO BRIARY US FROM CONTACT WITH IT WE RISE HEALED OF OUR HURTS 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
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