“You’re
saying Peter Solomon comes down here to reflect on death?”
“I
really don’t know,” Langdon said sincerely.
“Maybe he created it as a sanctuary for his Masonic brothers who work in
the building, giving them a spiritual sanctuary away from the chaos of the
material world … a place for a powerful lawmaker to reflect before making
decisions that affect his fellow man.”
“Lovely
sentiment,” Sato said, her tone sarcastic, “but I have a feeling Americans
might have a problem with their leaders praying in closets with scythes and
skulls.”
Well, they shouldn’t, Langdon thought,
imagining how different a world it might be if more leaders took time to ponder
the finality of death before racing off to war.
(from The Lost
Symbol by Dan Brown)
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