... concern and understanding for the inhabitants they are seeking to help. Both priests have dedicated themselves to altruism and both show evidence of remarkable inner strength. Yet Father Lour seems to symbolize heroism somewhat more profoundly than Father Vaillant, which can be seen in the following passage that purposefully ... the powerful love of Latour and Vaillant that throughout the work repeatedly "forges a new Will" in both, rekindling "the desire to go" in its conflict with the antinarrative "necessity to stay." In a sense, acknowledgment of this moment establishes-for Latour and...

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