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Lord of the World

CHAPTER II
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But there must be a Founder--Who, in God's Name?
-- a Founder _nudus sequens Christum nudum_....

Yes--_Franc-tireurs_ -- priests, bishops, laymen and women--with the three vows of course, and a special clause forbidding utterly and for ever their ownership of corporate wealth .-- Every gift received must be handed to the bishop of the diocese in which it was given, who must provide them himself with necessaries of life and travel.

Oh!--what could they not do ?...

He was off in a rhapsody.
Presently he recovered, and called himself a fool.


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