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236 of aversion had not proved of long duration in his mother, who was a loving woman whereof Henry had had abundant proof. Nevertheless, he remained convinced up to the day of his complete moral emancipation, that the child procreated under the influence of an antipathy would be fatally unbalanced in his relations and would render unto all womankind the deep repugnance which his mother had, at a certain moment, manifested towards him.

This conviction minister Bomberg himself still tenaciously held.

But now, Henry had returned to the sentiment of his dignity, his autonomy, and his conscience. With Guidon and Blandine he felt himself strong enough to create a religion of absolute love, as well homogenic as heterogenic. He lived in a state of exaltation, like a prophet on the point of setting out on an imperative and dangerous mission.