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One enthusiastic brother shouted , at one point of the quotations : `` That 's right , elder ; pitch into 'em , and give it 'em -- they need it . We 're all sinners here ; a good field to improve upon ! Go on ! '' It was past high noon when Jasper finished his quotations from the Gospels . He then paused , and said : `` Do you want to know who I am , and why I am here , and what has sent me forth among the speckled birds of the forest ? I will tell you . A true life has no secrets -- it needs none ; it is open to all like the revelations of the skies , and the sea , and the heart of Nature -- what is concealed in the heart is what should not be .