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Page 215
... earth - placing the crown of kings on the head of the toiling labourer , and making " the last first and the first last . " Its very essence lies in the dictum of the old monks , " Laborare est orare " ( " Work is worship " ) . It was ...
... earth - placing the crown of kings on the head of the toiling labourer , and making " the last first and the first last . " Its very essence lies in the dictum of the old monks , " Laborare est orare " ( " Work is worship " ) . It was ...
Page 327
... earth at the beginning of the hunting season , and they were soon quite established there . There is no mystery about building a fox - drain . Reynard will take to any dry underground place that lies in a secluded spot . If it faces ...
... earth at the beginning of the hunting season , and they were soon quite established there . There is no mystery about building a fox - drain . Reynard will take to any dry underground place that lies in a secluded spot . If it faces ...
Page 373
... earth is turning back again into life . Thus onwards in an endless cycle , even as the earth goes round , and the waters return to the place from whence they came , does nature's work go on ; and when we consider these things , eternity ...
... earth is turning back again into life . Thus onwards in an endless cycle , even as the earth goes round , and the waters return to the place from whence they came , does nature's work go on ; and when we consider these things , eternity ...
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