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... heart refuses to believe in a universe without a pur- pose . To the spirit , all things that exist must have a purpose , and nothing can pass away till that purpose be fulfilled . The lapse of time is no exception to this demand . Each ...
... heart refuses to believe in a universe without a pur- pose . To the spirit , all things that exist must have a purpose , and nothing can pass away till that purpose be fulfilled . The lapse of time is no exception to this demand . Each ...
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... heart ; it can madden the soberest intellect ; it can debase the loftiest imagi- nation . But , besides being so poisonous in character , it is above all others , most difficult to conquer . And the people whose extraordinary toughness ...
... heart ; it can madden the soberest intellect ; it can debase the loftiest imagi- nation . But , besides being so poisonous in character , it is above all others , most difficult to conquer . And the people whose extraordinary toughness ...
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... heart of a boy growing towards man- hood . Different faculties within us begin to feel the power of this new guide at different times . The moral sentiments are perhaps the first to expand to the in- fluence ; but gradually the example ...
... heart of a boy growing towards man- hood . Different faculties within us begin to feel the power of this new guide at different times . The moral sentiments are perhaps the first to expand to the in- fluence ; but gradually the example ...
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... heart does not love as well as his reason approve ; and he cannot love what is presented to him as an abstract rule of life , but requires a living person . He needs to see virtue in the concrete , before he can recognise her aspect as ...
... heart does not love as well as his reason approve ; and he cannot love what is presented to him as an abstract rule of life , but requires a living person . He needs to see virtue in the concrete , before he can recognise her aspect as ...
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... hearts by the contact of their fellows , will afterwards be the reservoir of life and light , with which their faith and their highest conceptions will be animated and coloured . The opinions now picked up , apparently , not really , at ...
... hearts by the contact of their fellows , will afterwards be the reservoir of life and light , with which their faith and their highest conceptions will be animated and coloured . The opinions now picked up , apparently , not really , at ...
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