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ing such are the alternatives for 

 every man. 



I stayed one time for two weeks 

 and a day or two where they danced 

 till twelve o'clock at night, where the 

 bells rang at five o'clock in the morn- 

 ing for early mass, where they rushed 

 all day, till dancing time again, to 

 pack pork and make steel things 

 that I concluded was as near the place 

 of eternal torment as I had ever been, 

 or ever wished to be, and I resolved 

 never to get that near again. But 

 these November days, still and beau- 

 tiful, are surely hours in the vestibule 

 to Heaven. Maybe they are Heaven. 

 We can easily believe that, for they 

 work out good for our spirits, and 

 One has said : " The Kingdom of 

 Heaven is within you." 



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