ThenIwalkedonaboutamile，andassoonasIwasgotwithinthecity，thewordoftheLordcametomeagain，saying：Cry，’WotothebloodycityofLichfield！’SoIwentupanddownthestreets，cryingwithaloudvoice，WotothebloodycityofLichfield！Itbeingmarketday，Iwentintothemarket-place，andtoandfrointheseveralpartsofit，andmadestands，cryingasbefore，WotothebloodycityofLichfield！Andnoonelaidhandsonme。AsIwentthuscryingthroughthestreets，thereseemedtometobeachannelofbloodrunningdownthestreets，andthemarket-placeappearedlikeapoolofblood。WhenIhaddeclaredwhatwasuponme，andfeltmyselfclear，Iwentoutofthetowninpeace；andreturningtotheshepherdsgavethemsomemoney，andtookmyshoesofthemagain。ButthefireoftheLordwassoonmyfeet，andalloverme，thatIdidnotmattertoputonmyshoesagain，andwasatastandwhetherI
shouldorno，tillIfeltfreedomfromtheLordsotodo：then，afterIhadwashedmyfeet，Iputonmyshoesagain。Afterthisadeepconsiderationcameuponme，forwhatreasonIshouldbesenttocryagainstthatcity，andcallitThebloodycity！Forthoughtheparliamenthadtheministeronewhile，andthekinganother，andmuchbloodhadbeenshedinthetownduringthewarsbetweenthem，yettherewasnomorethanhadbefallenmanyotherplaces。ButafterwardsIcametounderstand，thatintheEmperorDiocletian’stimeathousandChristiansweremartyr’dinLichfield。SoIwastogo，withoutmyshoes，throughthechanneloftheirblood，andintothepooloftheirbloodinthemarket-place，thatImightraiseupthememorialofthebloodofthosemartyrs，whichhadbeenshedaboveathousandyearsbefore，andlaycoldintheirstreets。Sothesenseofthisbloodwasuponme，andIobeyedthewordoftheLord。”
Bentasweareonstudyingreligion’sexistentialconditions，wecannotpossiblyignorethesepathologicalaspectsofthesubject。
Wemustdescribeandnamethemjustasiftheyoccurredinnon-religiousmen。Itistruethatweinstinctivelyrecoilfromseeinganobjecttowhichouremotionsandaffectionsarecommittedhandledbytheintellectasanyotherobjectishandled。Thefirstthingtheintellectdoeswithanobjectistoclassitalongwithsomethingelse。Butanyobjectthatisinfinitelyimportanttousandawakensourdevotionfeelstousalsoasifitmustbesuigenerisandunique。Probablyacrabwouldbefilledwithasenseofpersonaloutrageifitcouldhearusclassitwithoutadoorapologyasacrustacean，andthusdisposeofit。“Iamnosuchthing，itwouldsay；IamMYSELF，MYSELFalone。
Thenextthingtheintellectdoesistolaybarethecausesinwhichthethingoriginates。Spinozasays：“Iwillanalyzetheactionsandappetitesofmenasifitwereaquestionoflines，ofplanes，andofsolids。”Andelsewhereheremarksthathewillconsiderourpassionsandtheirpropertieswiththesameeyewithwhichhelooksonallothernaturalthings，sincetheconsequencesofouraffectionsflowfromtheirnaturewiththesamenecessityasitresultsfromthenatureofatrianglethatitsthreeanglesshouldbeequaltotworightangles。SimilarlyM。Taine，intheintroductiontohishistoryofEnglishliterature，haswritten：“Whetherfactsbemoralorphysical，itmakesnomatter。Theyalwayshavetheircauses。Therearecausesforambition，courage，veracity，justastherearefordigestion，muscularmovement，animalheat。Viceandvirtueareproductslikevitriolandsugar。”Whenwereadsuchproclamationsoftheintellectbentonshowingtheexistentialconditionsofabsolutelyeverything，wefeel——quiteapartfromourlegitimateimpatienceatthesomewhatridiculousswaggeroftheprogram，inviewofwhattheauthorsareactuallyabletoperform——menacedandnegatedinthespringsofourinnermostlife。Suchcold-bloodedassimilationsthreaten，wethink，toundooursoul’svitalsecrets，asifthesamebreathwhichshouldsucceedinexplainingtheiroriginwouldsimultaneouslyexplainawaytheirsignificance，andmakethemappearofnomorepreciousness，either，thantheusefulgroceriesofwhichM。Tainespeaks。