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"Have I the strength and manly courage to bear the disappointment

born from a delusive hope? Not yet." So he suffered and heeded

not the whisperings from within, until he could not endure it any

longer, when he sought the presence of the Hierophant for advice

and enlightenment. Scarcely able to hold in check his impatience

he burst forth without the recognition due the superior presence

of a High Priest.