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heaven. The angels do not think; they believe,

they enjoy. The highest form of religion is re-

pression. We should conquer the passions and

destroy desire. We should control the mind and

stop thinking. In this way we "offer ourselves a

"living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God." When

desire dies, when thought ceases, we shall be pure.

--This is heaven.

Robert G. Ingersoll.

Washington, D. C,

April; 1882.

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