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The experience cannot be foreseen, arranged or deserved. It does not come by observation; it comes like a thief in the night, when one would least expect it. Let no one tell you that trying to be holy or generous, or exercises, fasts or diets, is the way. Neville says he could prophesy many things from the experience of men, but not this, and not when it would come; he had no knowledge of what was taking place, and it has nothing to do with the good and evil people talk about.
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It does not come by observation, but it comes like a thief in the night when you would least expect it.
Let no one tell you that by trying to be holy or generous, or by exercises or fasts or diets, that that is the way.