It is a lonely and arduous excursion, a sufficient test of courage and sincerity: for most men prefer to… — Evelyn Underhill
It is a lonely and arduous excursion, a sufficient test of courage and sincerity: for most men prefer to dwell in comfortable ignorance upon the lower slopes, and there to make of their obvious characteristics a drapery which shall veil the naked truth.
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