"Apreciousadmission, inspiteofyour 'notabitthesame.' IaskyouwhyyourJesuitsandInquisitorshaveunitedsimplyforvilematerialgain? Whycantherenotbeamongthemonemartyroppressedbygreatsorrowandlovinghumanity? Yousee, onlysupposethattherewasonesuchmanamongallthosewhodesirenothingbutfilthymaterialgain—ifthere'sonlyonelikemyoldInquisitor, , andsuddenlyhiseyeswereopened, andhesawthatitisnogreatmoralblessednesstoattainperfectionandfreedom, ifatthesametimeonegainstheconvictionthatmillionsofGod'screatureshavebeencreatedasamockery, thattheywillneverbecapableofusingtheirfreedom, thatthesepoorrebelscanneverturnintogiantstocompletethetower, —?"
"Joinedwhom, whatcleverpeople?" criedAlyosha, completelycarriedaway."Theyhavenosuchgreatclevernessandnomysteriesandsecrets....PerhapsnothingbutAtheism, that', that'shissecret!"
