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... mean by a morbid way of looking at things , which you may find in a book , a generally healthful and cheerful book , by a man whom nobody here ever saw . * He tells us there that he could not bear to plant a tree , because every time he ...
... mean by a morbid way of looking at things , which you may find in a book , a generally healthful and cheerful book , by a man whom nobody here ever saw . * He tells us there that he could not bear to plant a tree , because every time he ...
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... mean , though it was awkwardly ex- pressed . We too must take ourselves seriously in hand when God gives us a little breathing space . It is a great thing to keep ever in view that all the singular mental experiences with which we grow ...
... mean , though it was awkwardly ex- pressed . We too must take ourselves seriously in hand when God gives us a little breathing space . It is a great thing to keep ever in view that all the singular mental experiences with which we grow ...
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... means pre- pared to welcome it , the Divine inspiration came . Something must come from above , beyond the pro- phet's power to bring ; but at least he could pre- pare himself to receive it . And he did prepare him- self ; and then the ...
... means pre- pared to welcome it , the Divine inspiration came . Something must come from above , beyond the pro- phet's power to bring ; but at least he could pre- pare himself to receive it . And he did prepare him- self ; and then the ...
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... means , there is no influence acting on the better and purer part of what is merely natural in us , which will do that in the case of nine hundred and ninety human beings in every thousand , like music . What helped God's prophet ...
... means , there is no influence acting on the better and purer part of what is merely natural in us , which will do that in the case of nine hundred and ninety human beings in every thousand , like music . What helped God's prophet ...
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... mean that , there , that thing will be away , concerning which we feel that we should be right , it would be well with us , were but that away ? The thorn in the flesh : the uneasy mental organisation . the proclivity to care , anxiety ...
... mean that , there , that thing will be away , concerning which we feel that we should be right , it would be well with us , were but that away ? The thorn in the flesh : the uneasy mental organisation . the proclivity to care , anxiety ...
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