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There was once a man who built a pillar for his God in the courtyard of his house. But he did not carve the pillar from marble, he did not build it from stone, but from thousands upon thousands of tiny, glittering grains of sand, and he bound the grains of sand together with mist. And the people who saw him passing by laughed at him and said: he is a fool. (...) And no matter how many winds came, none of them overthrew it, but each of them neatly avoided the pillar, which was built by faith. And the people who saw this whispered in amazement and said: He is a sorcerer. And one day they rushed into his court and knocked down his pillar. And the man did not curse or cry, but went out again to his court and with faith in his heart began to build a new pillar for his God.