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Is it not at the peril of our souls wilfully to violate this self-humiliating but imperative law?—Ed.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

His rapid advance from Outer Purgatory to Purgatory was due to the merit of a self-humiliating act performed in favor of a friend.

From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by Slattery, John T. (John Theodore)