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The exhibition of relics, the erection of shrines, or the creation of memorials, statues, paintings, and sects to record the name of a saint or prophet or holy man is useful to impress his attainments upon the minds of others living long after he has gone, and perhaps to inspire them to do something for themselves in the same direction.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 2 : Organization, Content of Religion > # 114 -- Perspectives > Chapter 17: The Religious Urge > # 12