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It is nonsense to assert that people who come together for worship touch a stronger holiness than those who pray alone. What happens is that two forces are at work: first, the power of society, of public opinion, and the crowd to incite and shame them into attending open services where they see and are seen; second, a central place or building reserved for such visible worship and heard prayer suggests that divine influence is active there.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 3 : Religion As Preparatory > # 87