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Poor Edwin ! Could some one have read to him from the Bible -- but no ! Had he listened , he could not have understood ; he had no way of knowing that it was God 's word to man . `` Blessed are they that do his commandments , that they may have right to the tree of life , and may enter in through the gates into the city '' -LRB- Rev. 22:14 -RRB- . The inquiring spirit will not be controlled ; He would make certain all , and all behold . -- Sprague . At the age of twenty-one Edwin had formed one bad habit .