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Word: mortis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fasting and terrible penances. His fame spread "like the sound of a great bell hung in the canopy of the skies." One day he decided that to attempt to reach God through the emptiness of his belly was preposterous. He ate a healthy meal; refused to continue his morti- fications. His disciples left him. For a long while he wandered, alone and gloom-benighted, beleaguering in the darkness of his mind the fortress of eternal knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Intolerance | 12/14/1925 | See Source »

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