life was a religion, and I was one of its priests. To be its

priest was very pleasant and profitable. And I lived a

considerable time in this faith without doubting its validity. But

in the second and still more in the third year of this life I began

to doubt the infallibility of this religion and to examine it. My

first cause of doubt was that I began to notice that the priests of

this religion were not all in accord among themselves. Some said:

We are the best and most useful teachers; we teach what is needed,