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.....Did you hear about the Chicago bank that once asked for a letter of recommendation for a young Bostonian being considered for employment? The Boston investment firm couldn't say enough about the young man. His father, they wrote, was a Cabot; his mother was a Lowell. Further back was a happy blend of Saltonstalls, Peabodys, and others of Boston's first families. His recommendation was given without hesitation.

.....Several days later, the Chicago bank sent a note saying the information supplied was altogether inadequate. It read: "We are not interested in using the young man for breeding purposes. Just for work!"

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.....Which, in an off-hand way, reminds me that none of us are going to be on the way to heaven because of the faith of our ancestors, no matter how strong a Christian they were. The question is, will we "work", i.e., do we believe for ourselves?

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