Meetings with Remarkable Men
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and giving the people there
something of the faith

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you are now inspiring in me?
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Ah, Professor,
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you do not understand
man's psyche

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as well as you know archaeology.
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Faith cannot be given to man.
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Faith is not the result of thinking.
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It comes from direct knowledge,
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for example,
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if my own brother
were to entreat me to give him

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a tenth part of my understanding,
I couldn't,

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because he has neither the knowledge
nor the experience

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which I have acquired in my life.
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This would be like
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wishing to fill someone
with bread merely by looking at him.

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There is a law:
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The quality
of what you understand

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depends on the quality
of the person speaking.

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In our order
we have two very old brothers,

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the one is called brother Akhel,
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the other brother Seze.
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They constantly travel from one
monastery to another preaching there.

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Once or twice a year
they come to us.

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This is always
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a very great event.
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When brother Seze speaks,
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it is like the song
of the birds in paradise.

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Brother Akhel's speech
has almost the opposite effect.

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He speaks badly and indistinctly.
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The stronger the impression
made by brother Seze,

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the quicker it evaporates,
until there is nothing left.

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Brother Akhel makes
almost no impression,

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but what he says penetrates
into the heart and remains there.


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