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... Perhaps one should call the sort of experience I have been talking about " poetic " to distinguish it from the more objec- tive , detached , " scientific " kind of observation the human mind is capable of . I should like to suggest ...
... Perhaps one should call the sort of experience I have been talking about " poetic " to distinguish it from the more objec- tive , detached , " scientific " kind of observation the human mind is capable of . I should like to suggest ...
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... Perhaps it is the bright , sweet phrase of the fox sparrow we miss , whose coming has been longed for and whose stay is always short ; or perhaps it is the clear " leolay " of the wood thrush , whose move into the wood for the summer ...
... Perhaps it is the bright , sweet phrase of the fox sparrow we miss , whose coming has been longed for and whose stay is always short ; or perhaps it is the clear " leolay " of the wood thrush , whose move into the wood for the summer ...
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... perhaps ambiguous , but hardly destructive . The primary focus on the acted - out parable puts the emphasis on the simplicity and homeliness of Jesus ' teaching , hence on his own simplicity and , in one sense , commonness ; therefore ...
... perhaps ambiguous , but hardly destructive . The primary focus on the acted - out parable puts the emphasis on the simplicity and homeliness of Jesus ' teaching , hence on his own simplicity and , in one sense , commonness ; therefore ...
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