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 policies and customs, appear the more serious because exceptional; and because their variance from the popular desire causes them to stand out the more prominently as violations of the better spirit of the age.
 Both in Europe and America, and also in Africa and Asia, the Bible holds its permanent place as “best seller” among each year’s production of the book printing presses.
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-=== THE KEY ===
+==== THE KEY ====
 ALL THAT I craved belonged to me,
-God held the gifts and I the key;
+\\ God held the gifts and I the key;
-And yet I would not understand,
+\\ And yet I would not understand,
-In petulance and discontent
+\\ In petulance and discontent
-Full many a wasted year was spent.
+\\ Full many a wasted year was spent.
-I cried, “How cruel is the fate
+\\ I cried, “How cruel is the fate
-That bids me work and weep and wait
+\\ That bids me work and weep and wait
-For things which make life worth the living,
+\\ For things which make life worth the living,
-Nor rob the giver in the giving!
+\\ Nor rob the giver in the giving!
 A little joy, a little wealth,
-Result from toil, abundant health;
+\\ Result from toil, abundant health;
-A chance to do, a chance to be—”
+\\ A chance to do, a chance to be—”
-And then I looked and found the key;
+\\ And then I looked and found the key;
-Right in my heart I carried it,
+\\ Right in my heart I carried it,
-Divinely fashioned, formed to fit
+\\ Divinely fashioned, formed to fit
-The lock of God’s great reservoir
+\\ The lock of God’s great reservoir
-Which held the things I hungered for.
+\\ Which held the things I hungered for.
 The key was Love—pure gold acrust
-With glittering gems of faith and trust.
+\\ With glittering gems of faith and trust.
-It fits all doors, it turns all locks;
+\\ It fits all doors, it turns all locks;
-It leads the way through walls and rocks;
+\\ It leads the way through walls and rocks;
-It lifts all bolts, unbars the gate,
+\\ It lifts all bolts, unbars the gate,
-And shows us where Life’s treasures wait.
+\\ And shows us where Life’s treasures wait.
-Oh! are there heights thy feet would press?
+\\ Oh! are there heights thy feet would press?
-Seek Love, the key to all success.
+\\ Seek Love, the key to all success.
-Author Unknown.
+\\ —Author Unknown.