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"Has the physician called of late?" he asked.

"He came a' Thursday as usual. He says there is näun he can do, save take the leg off."

"And you won't have him do that?"

"No, surely—not even if I was at the point of death. What should I do at the Resurrection of the just with only one leg?"

"As well as the man who plucks out his offending eye in obedience to the Gospels. You are too exact, my friend. There's a natural body and a spiritual body."

"The Scripture says—'It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye than having two eyes be cast into everlasting fire,' And since it's evident from Scripture that the man who has sacrificed his eye for spiritual reasons never has it again, but enters into life with one eye, how could I think to find my leg again when I had cast it from me for reasons of carnal health?"

"Nay, you err altogether. Our bodies shall rise again in their integrity, and the aged shall enjoy eternal youth."

"But the Scripture says——"

"Quote no more Scripture to me. Who, think you, knows more of Scripture—you or I?"