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To: Lady In Blue
Such was Bernard's eloquence that within a few weeks he had succeeded in persuading thirty-one Burgundian nobles to go with him to Citeaux.

What a story! Can you imagine someone today having such fervor that they would convice thirty buddies to join them in the monastery?

9 posted on 08/20/2002 8:48:13 PM PDT by Salvation
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To: Salvation
No,I can't imagine anybody today having that much fervor! He was something!
11 posted on 08/20/2002 8:53:13 PM PDT by Lady In Blue
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