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Page 494
It is , in both cases , that a spiritual life has been imparted to nature ; that the solid sceming block of matter has been pervaded and dissolved by a thought ; that this feeble human being has penetrated the vast masses of nature with ...
It is , in both cases , that a spiritual life has been imparted to nature ; that the solid sceming block of matter has been pervaded and dissolved by a thought ; that this feeble human being has penetrated the vast masses of nature with ...
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We can foresce God in the coarse , and , as it were , distant phenomena of matter ; but when we try to define and describe himself , both language and thought desert us , and we are as helpless as fools and savages .
We can foresce God in the coarse , and , as it were , distant phenomena of matter ; but when we try to define and describe himself , both language and thought desert us , and we are as helpless as fools and savages .
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But the matter has become graver ; for the honor of both is now in formidable peril . Shall I go even further , and say in inextricable peril ? Both left out the crucial fifteen words . ” He paused . During several moments he allowed ...
But the matter has become graver ; for the honor of both is now in formidable peril . Shall I go even further , and say in inextricable peril ? Both left out the crucial fifteen words . ” He paused . During several moments he allowed ...
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WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 21 |
EDWARD TAYLOR 1645?1729 | 35 |
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