[Foma Gordyeff by Maxim Gorky]@TWC D-Link bookFoma Gordyeff CHAPTER XII 16/85
Seven!" "And you have no care," spoke the pilgrim, and his voice murmured like a brook.
"Anybody will give you a crust of bread; and what else do you need in your freedom? In the world, cares fall upon the soul like fetters." "You speak well," said Foma with a sigh. "My dear brother!" exclaimed the pilgrim, softly, moving still closer toward him.
"Since the soul has awakened, since it yearns toward freedom, do not lull it to sleep by force; hearken to its voice.
The world with its charms has no beauty and holiness whatever, wherefore, then, obey its laws? In John Chrysostom it is said: 'The real shechinah is man!' Shechinah is a Hebrew word and it means the holy of holies. Consequently--" A prolonged shrill sound of the whistle drowned his voice.
He listened, rose quickly from the lounge and said: "We are nearing the harbour.
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