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... true Religion turns , the proper Centre about which it moves ; which taking a fast and sure hold of an innate and cor- respondent Principle in the Soul of man , raiseth it up . • 21 This is the positive view of Paradise Regained , which ...
... true Religion turns , the proper Centre about which it moves ; which taking a fast and sure hold of an innate and cor- respondent Principle in the Soul of man , raiseth it up . • 21 This is the positive view of Paradise Regained , which ...
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... true poems , it is first and most concerned with being true to itself , and so fails to solve its elected problems except in terms of its own poetic fiction . But in remaining true to its own fiction it may perform services of no small ...
... true poems , it is first and most concerned with being true to itself , and so fails to solve its elected problems except in terms of its own poetic fiction . But in remaining true to its own fiction it may perform services of no small ...
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... true experience " of the tragedy still is individual , commonly available and elevating to the community , but not quite as a common , insti- tutionalized moral property . There is no authorized identification of the two orders of ...
... true experience " of the tragedy still is individual , commonly available and elevating to the community , but not quite as a common , insti- tutionalized moral property . There is no authorized identification of the two orders of ...
Contents
SOME PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | 3 |
THE VIRTUES | 17 |
PREPARATIONS AND THE FIRST ENCOUNTER | 36 |
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