rs problem either.

    doesnt oo stupid and inferior to ever ac feels to make someone else  teac religious, scoffs at Jesus C and takes t Ort s me every time to see ched.

    People y to believe in a  even o live in fear of eternal punis;

    ts of purgatory,  for many people to accept, yet religion itself, any religion, keeps a person on t pat t up to revies and omatically try to do better at tart of eacer a o tion; it costs notely useful. t kno by experience t quot;a quiet conscience gives you strengt;

    Yours, Anne

    M. Frank

    SAtURDAY, JULY 8, 1944

    Dearest Kitty,

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    Jan came up at one to tell us it er airs again. Ding-dong. . . t-face. I listened to anding first at t top of tairs. Finally Peter and I leaned over ter, straining our ears like a couple of burglars to airs. No unfamter tip- toed airs and called out, quot;Bep!”