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And he knew that the gateway to heaven could look like a man and be a man, a small, frail, bald man, who was for Christ on earth what Saint Michael was for God in heaven.
"Go", said Ignatius. "Go and set all afire."

He said the thing!

“Tomorrow life began anew. It was not going to be pleasant, the way he had thought of pleasant things so far. It was going to be the greatest of all great adventures, though. He had a natural urge for adventure; it was that, perhaps, which made him doubt again and again that he could be happy among the worthy canons of Pamplona.”