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   upon this foundation. For this is a weapon forged by God, and who shall   
   escape blame if he neglects it? And if the Lawgiver Himself fasts, who   
   among those who keep the law has no need of fasting? This is why the human   
   race knew no victory before fasting, and the devil had never experienced   
   defeat from our nature; but this weapon has made him powerless from the   
   outset."   
   --St. Isaac the Syrian.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)