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FOR our other faults and passions may be said to be simpler and of but
one form: but this takes many forms and shapes, and changes about and
assails the man who stands up against it from every quarter, and assaults
its conqueror on all sides. For it tries to injure the soldier of Christ in
his dress, in his manner, his walk, his voice, his work, his vigils, his
fasts, his prayers, when he withdraws, when he reads, in his knowledge, his
silence, his obedience, his humility, his patience; and like some most
dangerous rock hidden by surging waves, it causes an unforeseen and
miserable shipwreck to those who are sailing with a fair breeze, while they
are not on the lookout for it or guarding against it.
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