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For like a most skillful pilot, the reason of our father Eleazar steered the ship of religion over the sea of the emotions,
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and though buffeted by the stormings of the tyrant and overwhelmed by the mighty waves of tortures,
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in no way did he turn the rudder of religion until he sailed into the haven of immortal victory.
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No city besieged with many ingenious war machines has ever held out as did that most holy man. Although his sacred life was consumed by tortures and racks, he conquered the besiegers with the shield of his devout reason.
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For in setting his mind firm like a jutting cliff, our father Eleazar broke the maddening waves of the emotions.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.