Formation Shown

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    That for which Paul lived and died so gloriously; that for which Jesus gave himself to be crucified; the end that animated the thousand martyrs and heroes who have followed his steps, was to redeem us from a formal religion, and teach us to seek our well-being in the formation of the soul.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    He had robbed the body of its taint, the world’s taunts of their sting; he had shown her the holiness of direct desire.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)