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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 364
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Text does that. I knows in my 'eart as my sins is all hunder the Blood, and it's knowin' that, wot's given 'appiness and the peace which passes all understanding to me ever since I've been a Christian.'

`Glory, glory, hallelujah!' shouted Bundy, and nearly everyone laughed.

`"Christian" is right,' sneered Owen. `You've got some title to call yourself a Christian, haven't you? As for the happiness that passes all understanding, it certainly passes MY understanding how you can be happy when you believe that millions of people are being tortured in Hell; and it also passes my understanding why you are not ashamed of yourself for being happy under such circumstances.'

`Ah, well, you'll find it all out when you come to die, mate,' replied Slyme in a threatening tone. `You'll think and talk
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