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... spirit is willing , the flesh is weak ) , I have continued with in- creasing assiduity to try to write better . I discovered my limita- tions and it seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within ...
... spirit is willing , the flesh is weak ) , I have continued with in- creasing assiduity to try to write better . I discovered my limita- tions and it seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within ...
Page 60
... spirit new avenues of beauty and enabled it to get into touch with the mystical kingdom of God . They claimed that it strengthened the character , purified it from its human grossness and brought to him who did not avoid but sought it a ...
... spirit new avenues of beauty and enabled it to get into touch with the mystical kingdom of God . They claimed that it strengthened the character , purified it from its human grossness and brought to him who did not avoid but sought it a ...
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... spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , has at least a grandeur that satisfies the imagination ...
... spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , has at least a grandeur that satisfies the imagination ...
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