"I have known men," added Zachariah after a pause, "from whose life
so much--all love, for example--has been cut out; and the effect has
been, not ruin, but growth in other directions which we should never
have seen without it."
Zachariah took down a little book from his shelf, and wrote George's
name in it.
"There, my boy, it is not much to look at, but I know nothing better,
and keep it always in your pocket. It is the Imitation of Christ.
You will find a good deal in it which will suit you, and you will
say, as I have said a thousand times over it, that other people may
write of science or philosophy, but this man writes about me."
He put it on the table, and George opened it at the sentence, "He
that can best tell how to suffer will best keep himself in peace.
That man is conqueror of himself, and lord of the world, the friend
of Christ, and the heir of heaven." He turned over the leaves again-
-"He to whom the Eternal Word speaketh is delivered from a world of
unnecessary conceptions." Zachariah bent his head near him and
gently expounded the texts. As the exposition grew George's heart
dilated, and he was carried beyond his troubles.
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