In the second Canto of the Purgatory a boat with over a hundred souls arrives at the shore, ready to climb up the mountain to purify their spirits. Dante meets an old friend, who sings with a beautiful voice and spellbounds the other souls. Then Cato the Guardian appears: 
 
&#34;And while we stood enraptured by the sound 
of those sweet notes - a sudden cry: &#34;What&#39;s this, 
you lazy souls?&#34; It was the Just Old Man. 
 
&#34;What negligence to stand around like this! 
Run to the mountain, shed that slough which still 
does not let God be manifest to you!&#34;&#34; 
 
v. 118-123, Canto II. 
 
And then they move towards the first slope.

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Episode 58 - Arriving at the Main Gate, with three steps of marble white, dark stone and flaming red. The real climb is about to start.

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