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THE PEARL AMONG THE VIRTUES
body shall be darksome;" then the body feels uneasy, then it trembles at every movement, then dangers threaten it; now, an abyss, then robbers or wild animals, sometimes other unforeseen perils, which it is not able to avoid.
Your light, O Youth, is your chastity; it is the light of your soul. The more perfect your chastity, the brighter your soul, the more resplendent before God, the better able to reflect the likeness of the Most-High, and to receive within itself every other virtue. Chastity is, moreover, the light of your body; it gives to the body a certain brightness, it clothes it with a becoming charm, it impresses it with something inde-
