fellow incapable of great deeds of any sort for or against his country. Sins of great magnitude may indicate an energy of soul which if turned in a right direction can lead far up the way toward spiritual perfection. Conversely, there is a meanness of soul that inhibits and restricts the scope and intensity of even the most common activities. When such a soul is converted, it may be only to mediocrity. On his own testimony Paul before his conversion was a great sinner (1 Timothy 1:15). He persecuted
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