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6. CITIZEN: That is precisely why we must ensure that the new message penetrates people's hearts with genuine power. That it must lead souls to what is right is proven by its very nature. If it still brings disaster, the reason lies in nothing other than the weakness of human beings, which has grown in the dullness of life that has surrounded them until now. Those who do not think with their heads alone, who feels permeated with the new light and its power with his whole being, knows that no source of soul life can dry up, no power of enthusiasm for true beauty can wane, no gift of true virtue can be lacking, when the noble revelation of truth fertilizes the field of human life.
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