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"
Men
make
their
own
choice
and
form
their
own
futures
,
"
he
said
--
"
And
never
let
them
dare
to
say
they
are
not
free
to
choose
!
From
the
uttermost
reaches
of
high
Heaven
the
Spirit
of
God
descended
to
them
as
Man
--
from
the
uttermost
depths
of
lowest
Hell
,
I
,
the
Spirit
of
Rebellion
,
come
--
equally
as
Man
!
But
the
God-in-Man
was
rejected
and
slain
--
I
,
the
Devil-in-Man
live
on
,
forever
accepted
and
adored
!
Man
's
choice
this
is
--
not
God
's
or
mine
!
Were
this
self-seeking
human
race
once
to
reject
me
utterly
,
I
should
exist
no
more
as
I
am
--
nor
would
they
exist
who
are
with
me
.
Listen
,
while
I
trace
your
career
!
--
it
is
a
copy
of
the
lives
of
many
men
;
--
and
judge
how
little
the
powers
of
Heaven
can
have
to
do
with
you
!
--
how
much
the
powers
of
Hell
!
"
I
shuddered
involuntarily
;
--
dimly
I
began
to
realize
the
awful
nature
of
this
unearthly
interview
.
"
You
,
Geoffrey
Tempest
,
are
a
man
in
whom
a
Thought
of
God
was
once
implanted
--
that
subtle
fire
or
note
of
music
out
of
heaven
called
Genius
.
So
great
a
gift
is
rarely
bestowed
on
any
mortal
--
and
woe
betide
him
,
who
having
received
it
,
holds
it
as
of
mere
personal
value
,
to
be
used
for
Self
and
not
for
God
!
Divine
laws
moved
you
gently
in
the
right
path
of
study
--
the
path
of
suffering
,
of
disappointment
,
of
self-denial
and
poverty
--
for
only
by
these
things
is
humanity
made
noble
and
trained
in
the
ways
of
perfection
.
Through
pain
and
enduring
labour
the
soul
is
armed
for
battle
,
and
strengthened
for
conquest
.
For
it
is
more
difficult
to
bear
a
victory
well
,
than
to
endure
many
buffetings
of
war
!
But
you
--
you
resented
Heaven
's
good-will
towards
you
--
the
Valley
of
Humiliation
suited
you
not
at
all
.
Poverty
maddened
you
--
starvation
sickened
you
.
Yet
poverty
is
better
than
arrogant
wealth
--
and
starvation
is
healthier
than
self-indulgence
!
You
could
not
wait
--
your
own
troubles
seemed
to
you
enormous
--
your
own
efforts
laudable
and
marvellous
--
the
troubles
and
efforts
of
others
were
nothing
to
you
;
--
you
were
ready
to
curse
God
and
die
.
Compassionating
yourself
,
admiring
yourself
and
none
other
,
with
a
heart
full
of
bitterness
,
and
a
mouth
full
of
cursing
,
you
were
eager
to
make
quick
havoc
of
both
your
genius
and
your
soul
.
For
this
cause
,
your
millions
of
money
came
--
--
and
--
so
did
I
!
"
Standing
now
full
height
he
confronted
me
--
his
eyes
were
less
brilliant
,
but
,
they
reflected
in
their
dark
splendour
a
passionate
scorn
and
sorrow
.
"
O
fool
!
--
in
my
very
coming
I
warned
you
!
--
on
the
very
day
we
met
I
told
you
I
was
not
what
I
seemed
!
God
's
elements
crashed
a
menace
when
we
made
our
compact
of
friendship
!
And
I
--
when
I
saw
the
faint
last
struggle
of
the
not
quite
torpid
soul
in
you
to
resist
and
distrust
me
,
did
I
not
urge
you
to
let
that
better
instinct
have
its
way
?
You
--
jester
with
the
Supernatural
!
--
you
--
base
scoffer
at
Christ
!
A
thousand
hints
have
been
given
you
--
a
thousand
chances
of
doing
such
good
as
must
have
forced
me
to
leave
you
--
as
would
have
brought
me
a
welcome
respite
from
sorrow
--
a
moment
's
cessation
of
torture
!
"
His
brows
contracted
in
a
sombre
frown
--
he
was
silent
a
moment
--
then
he
resumed
--
"
Now
learn
from
me
the
weaving
of
the
web
you
so
willingly
became
entangled
in
!
Your
millions
of
money
were
Mine
!
--
the
man
that
left
you
heir
to
them
,
was
a
wretched
miser
,
evil
to
the
soul
's
core
!
By
virtue
of
his
own
deeds
he
and
his
dross
were
Mine
!
and
maddened
by
the
sheer
accumulation
of
world
's
wealth
,
he
slew
himself
in
a
fit
of
frenzy
.
He
lives
again
in
a
new
and
much
more
realistic
phase
of
existence
,
and
knows
the
actual
value
of
mankind
's
cash-payments
!
This
you
have
yet
to
learn
!
"
He
advanced
a
step
or
two
,
fixing
his
eyes
more
steadily
upon
me
.
"
Wealth
is
like
Genius
--
bestowed
not
for
personal
gratification
,
but
for
the
benefit
of
those
who
lack
it
.
