The lives of some who are estimated as men of holiness are like
the bodies in certain ancient tombs, that retain the form and
features they had when living, but which crumble at a touch.
They are surrounded with all the ornaments of the living, and
have the shape of men, but they are only dust. So a touch of
temptation or any test of life applied to some men causes their
apparent saintliness to crumble.
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