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Lather And Nothing Else By Dwight Moody
The quote "Character is what you are in the dark." By Dwight Lyman Moody states that people's true character is shown when there is nobody around. Everyone has things they don't want the world to know about. It could be an embarrassing habit, or a prejudice against something. However, when there is nobody around to judge, people don't bother to hide their authentic selves.

The story "Lather and Nothing Else" by Hernando Tellez is about a barber who, in secret, is a revolutionist. However, when a man who had killed many of his friends walks in asking for a shave, the barber begins an internal struggle to see if he should kill the man. Away from the public, the barber is a revolutionist. He would kill this man. But when he's in public, where

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