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THE TWO LADDERS. 377but has been exhibited in symbol, <strong>and</strong> that in so grotesquea way, that for the moment wo forgot <strong>its</strong> blasphemy. Inthe dream of St Bernard,—which forms the subject of an altar-piecein a church at Milan,—two ladders were seen reachingfrom earth to heaven. At the top of one of the laddersstood Christ, <strong>and</strong> at the top of the other stood Mary. Ofthose who attempted to enter heaven by the ladder of Christ,not one succeeded,—all fell back. Of those who ascendedby the ladder of Mary, not one failed. <strong>The</strong> Virgin, promptto succour, stretched out her h<strong>and</strong>; <strong>and</strong>, thus aided, the aspirantsascended with ease.*Mornings among the Jesu<strong>its</strong>, p. 56.

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