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Page 33
... effect . When we ask for positive evidence , we find it in the quality which marks those speeches in which the imaginative vigor is so evident that we are inevitably moved by the fire of conviction in them . There are great passages ...
... effect . When we ask for positive evidence , we find it in the quality which marks those speeches in which the imaginative vigor is so evident that we are inevitably moved by the fire of conviction in them . There are great passages ...
Page 35
... effects of his evildoing . He longs for forgiveness but is prevented by the very enormity of his offense from paying the price which alone assures forgiveness , namely , confession , restitu- tion , and the acceptance of the just ...
... effects of his evildoing . He longs for forgiveness but is prevented by the very enormity of his offense from paying the price which alone assures forgiveness , namely , confession , restitu- tion , and the acceptance of the just ...
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... effect simply because they confront us with men who had got themselves perfectly clear of the lure of pos- sessions . They did not want anything but to live in the presence of God and to do his will . I am quite convinced that no ...
... effect simply because they confront us with men who had got themselves perfectly clear of the lure of pos- sessions . They did not want anything but to live in the presence of God and to do his will . I am quite convinced that no ...
Contents
POETRY AND LIFE | 7 |
SHAKESPEARES CREED | 26 |
THE LINCOLN OF THE SECOND INAUGURAL | 43 |
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