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... things to all things , and the essence of things , material and spiritual . We are not like children gathering painted shells and pebbles on a beach ; but , whether we know it or not , are seeking after something beyond and above ...
... things to all things , and the essence of things , material and spiritual . We are not like children gathering painted shells and pebbles on a beach ; but , whether we know it or not , are seeking after something beyond and above ...
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... things . We are apt to forget , indeed , so precious a memory the setting may be , that we cannot repeat the ... things the second time , the third and fourth times , times beyond count . Indeed , we must see things again , must return ...
... things . We are apt to forget , indeed , so precious a memory the setting may be , that we cannot repeat the ... things the second time , the third and fourth times , times beyond count . Indeed , we must see things again , must return ...
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... things like the Chinese poet's wild plums and cherries . What is late spring without that special delicacy which ... things makes life ever more the same from day to day , makes rare things common , loses for us the expectancy of seldom ...
... things like the Chinese poet's wild plums and cherries . What is late spring without that special delicacy which ... things makes life ever more the same from day to day , makes rare things common , loses for us the expectancy of seldom ...
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