glad venerable, formless religions, drained intransigence purged savag — Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar Memoirs of Hadrian

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I was glad that our venerable, almost formless religions, drained of all intransigence and purged of savage rites, linked us mysteriously to the most ancient secrets of man and of earth, not forbidding us, however, a secular explanation of facts and a rational view of human conduct.

Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

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