Quote: Relationships between faith and ambition

Religious they both were; conscious, like all Scots, of the fragility and unreality of that scene in which we play our uncomprehendedparts.
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Religious they both were... realising daily and hourly thesense ofanother willthan oursanda perpetualdirection intheaffairs oflife.
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Butthe current oftheir endeavours flowed inamore obvious channel. Theyhadgotonsofar;toget onfurther was their next ambition.
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One thing remained that shemight do :shemightsecure forhimagodly wife, thatgreatmeans ofsanctifica-tion.
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The wife, assheputson hernewbonnet before church, isapttosighover that assiduity which enabled herhusband topay themilliner's bill.
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