求一篇关于宗教的英文文章

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3000-5000字,与宗教相关,最好附上中文翻译

On Religion

  And an old priest said, "Speak to us of Religion."

  And he said:

  Have I spoken this day of aught else?

  Is not religion all deeds and all reflection,

  And that which is neither deed nor reflection, but a wonder and a surprise ever springing in the soul, even while the hands hew the stone or tend the loom?

  Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?

  Who can spread his hours before him, saying, "This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?"

  All your hours are wings that beat through space from self to self.

  He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked.

  The wind and the sun will tear no holes in his skin.

  And he who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage.

  The freest song comes not throu