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 people in an emergency turn to religion. The subject is a big one. It is well worth mulling over. Your future is of vast importance. What we do now may change the current of your life. I would not admit to anyone how bad things are, not for the present anyway. It would be too cruel. Truth is often harsh. Dallis, it seems to me, has suffered enough. To all who ask we will say there is nothing we can do but wait. If necessary, gradually we can let the truth seep out. But after all we ourselves do not know the truth. We know what one well-known doctor has told us. Only time can verify his beliefs. I myself have beliefs that are contrary to his. I prefer to think on a spiritual plane. In spiritual things there is always hope. It is a question of faith. That is the true worth of any religion. In its faith it justifies its being. I cannot explain my feelings to you, but I would wait. As yet in any case we know but little."