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The Imperialist

CHAPTER XXIV
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We can do it here," she said.

"May I quote another religion to you?
'From purification there arises in the Yogi a thorough discernment of the cause and nature of the body, whereupon he loses that regard which others have for the bodily form.' Then, if he loves, he loves in spirit and in truth.

I look forward to the time," she went on calmly, "when the best that I can give you or you can give me will ride upon a glance." "I used to feel more drawn to the ascetic achievement and its rewards," he remarked thoughtfully, "than I do now." "If I were not a Presbyterian in Canada," she told him, "I would be a Buddhist in Burma.

But I have inherited the Shorter Catechism; I must remain without the Law." Finlay smiled.

"They are the simple," he said.


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