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I go to the Protestants , full of desires to right the world -- and they begin to talk of the next life , and give up this as lost ! ' A quiet smile lighted up the thin wan face , full of unfathomable thoughts ; and he replied , again half to himself , -- ` Am I God , to kill or to make alive , that thou sendest to me to recover a man of his leprosy ? Farewell . You shall see your cousin here at noon to-morrow . You will not refuse my blessing , or my prayers , even though they be offered to a mother ? ' ` I will refuse nothing in the form of human love . ' And the father blessed him fervently , and he went out ... ` What a man ! '