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... thought and style demands the lowly , reverent mind . This principle is supremely true in religion and character : we suffer when there is no wonder in our hearts . There are some truths which can- not even be seen until we have learnt ...
... thought and style demands the lowly , reverent mind . This principle is supremely true in religion and character : we suffer when there is no wonder in our hearts . There are some truths which can- not even be seen until we have learnt ...
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... thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward He is not there . It is of very deep significance that we have never been able to give up the quest . Emerson tells of two of his friends , who for twenty - five years ...
... thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward He is not there . It is of very deep significance that we have never been able to give up the quest . Emerson tells of two of his friends , who for twenty - five years ...
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... thought he had left his father's God behind him because he had left his father's tent , but discovered , as he lay down to rest upon the hillside , that he was pursued . " Lo , God is here and I knew it not , " was his astonished cry ...
... thought he had left his father's God behind him because he had left his father's tent , but discovered , as he lay down to rest upon the hillside , that he was pursued . " Lo , God is here and I knew it not , " was his astonished cry ...
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... thought imply a Lawgiver as certainly as do those outward laws by which the material universe is fashioned and controlled . Passing from the world of thought into that of the emotions , with " its vistaed hopes , and chasméd fears ...
... thought imply a Lawgiver as certainly as do those outward laws by which the material universe is fashioned and controlled . Passing from the world of thought into that of the emotions , with " its vistaed hopes , and chasméd fears ...
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... thought drives him back to earth with the unperturbed and deliberate patter of the feet ever behind him . ( d ) Coming back to earth he seeks a hiding place in the innocent life of little children . There is some kinship between the ...
... thought drives him back to earth with the unperturbed and deliberate patter of the feet ever behind him . ( d ) Coming back to earth he seeks a hiding place in the innocent life of little children . There is some kinship between the ...
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