We will
cleanse the whole of life--and they will cleanse it."
She waved her hand toward the sky.
"There's the sun."
And she struck her bosom.
"Here the most glorious heavenly sun of human happiness will be
kindled, and it will light up the earth forever--the whole of it,
and all that live upon it--with the light of love, the love of every
man toward all, and toward everything."
The words of forgotten prayers recurred to her mind, inspiring a
new faith. She threw them from her heart like sparks.
"The children walking along the road of truth and reason carry love
to all; and they clothe everything in new skies; they illumine
everything with an incorruptible fire issuing from the depths of the
soul. Thus, a new life comes into being, born of the children's
love for the entire world; and who will extinguish this love--who?
What power is higher than this? Who will subdue it? The earth has
brought it forth; and all life desires its victory--all life. Shed
rivers of blood, nay, seas of blood, you'll never extinguish it."
She shook herself away from Liudmila, fatigued by her exaltation,
and sat down, breathing heavily. Liudmila also withdrew from her,
noiselessly, carefully, as if afraid of destroying something.
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