The morning was bright and propitious. Before their departure, mass had been said in the chapel, and the protection of St. Ignatius invoked against all contingent evils, but especially against bears, which, like the fiery dragons of old, seemed to cherish unconquerable hostility to the Holy Church. ("The Legend Of Monte Del Diablo"). Bret Harte
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A line from the book, “The Legend of Monte Del Diablo” by James Fenimore Cooper. The quote is about the legend of the Devil’s Mountain in Chile. An evil spirit was once living on that mountain. A priest went to see the spirit and then told him that he would be destroyed if he did not stop his evil deeds.

Then later the priest said that he would not be able to enter Heaven without his help, if he helped him in his plight. The spirit agreed to help him in his plight and every morning he went to the top of the mountain with a rope tied around his neck so that when he fell down, he would land on this rope and be saved.

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