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Conscience may become God 's worst enemy -- that is , any God that I could worship or even respect . '' `` Mr. Morton , you frighten me . How can I do right unless I follow my conscience ? '' `` Yes , '' I said sadly , `` you would , in the good old times , have followed it over stony pavements , in midnight penance , or now into any thorny path which it pointed out ; and I believe that many such paths lead away from the God of whom Mrs. Yocomb spoke to-day . Miss Warren , I 'm a man of the world , and probably you think my views on these subjects are not worth much . It 's strange that your own nature does not suggest to you the only sure guide . It seems to me that conscience should always go to truth for instructions .