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With words such as these they assault the minds of
the helpless masses and disturb the hearts of the already
bewildered poor, who know nothing of the true
state of affairs and the real basis for all such talk, and
remain completely unaware of the fact that a thousand
selfish purposes are concealed behind the supposedly
religious eloquence of certain individuals. They imagine
that speakers of this type are motivated by virtuous
zeal, when the truth is that such individuals keep up a
great hue and cry because they see their own personal
ruin in the welfare of the masses, and believe that if
the people's eyes are opened, their own light will go
out. Only the keenest insight will detect the fact that
if the hearts of these individuals were really impelled
by righteousness and the fear of God, the fragrance of