484. The Dead do Not Persecute

Imagine a vine that grows at one end and decays at the other. The

end that grows is heresy, the end that rots is orthodox. The dead are

orthodox, and your cemetery is the most perfect type of a well regulated

church. No thought, no progress, no heresy there. Slowly and silently,

side by side, the satisfied members peacefully decay. There is only this

difference--the dead do not persecute.

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