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CHAPTER VII. THE STORY OF BROTHER BERNARDUS.
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"I was born in the city of Stein, in the land of Krain. My pious1 mother Gertrude sang me psalms2 and spiritual songs in childhood; and often, when I awoke in the night, I saw her still sitting, patiently at her work by the stove, and heard her singing those hymns3 of heaven, or praying in the midnight darkness when her work was done. It was for me she prayed. Thus, from my earliest childhood, I breathed the breath of pious aspirations4. Afterwards I went to Laybach as a student of theology; and after the usual course of study, was ordained5 a priest. I went forth6 to the care of souls; my own soul filled with the faith, that ere long all people would be united in one church. Yet attimes my heart was heavy, to behold7 how many nations there are who have not heard of Christ; and how those, who are called Christians9, are divided into numberless sects10, and how among these are many who are Christians in name only. I determined11 to devote myself to the great work of the one church universal; and for this purpose, to give myself wholly up to the study of the Evangelists and the Fathers. I retired12 to the Benedictine cloister13 of Saint Paul in the valley of Lavant. The father-confessor in the nunnery of Laak, where I then lived, strengthened me in this resolve. I had long walked with this angel of God in a human form, and his parting
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adj.虔诚的;道貌岸然的 | |
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
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强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音 | |
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cloister
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benediction
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repose
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mightily
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peculiar
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philology
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n.语言学;语文学 | |
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besought
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diligently
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ad.industriously;carefully | |
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twilight
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vow
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heralded
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niche
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labored
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persecuted
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doctrine
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avalanche
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enthusiast
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solitude
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