John Shown

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    How soon I may ride the whole world about;
    And at the third question thou must not shrink,
    But tell me here truly what I do think.”
    —Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 30–32)

    He had robbed the body of its taint, the world’s taunts of their sting; he had shown her the holiness of direct desire.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)