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... moral and spiritual . For Francis Thompson was the prodi- gal , who had been sent out into the fields to feed the swine , and could not rest there because some- thing continually stirred up within him recollec- tions of a great heritage ...
... moral and spiritual . For Francis Thompson was the prodi- gal , who had been sent out into the fields to feed the swine , and could not rest there because some- thing continually stirred up within him recollec- tions of a great heritage ...
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... moral distinctions have been obliterated . The law of their kingdom is explained by the king : " Out yonder , under the shining vault , Among men the saying goes : ' Man , be thyself . " At home , here with us , ' mid the tribe of the ...
... moral distinctions have been obliterated . The law of their kingdom is explained by the king : " Out yonder , under the shining vault , Among men the saying goes : ' Man , be thyself . " At home , here with us , ' mid the tribe of the ...
Page 67
... moral failure . True as that is , it does not help the man who would now aim at self - fulfilment . When we say " Be thy- self " we cannot forget the possibility of our mis- taking some impulse for the self God intended . The fact is we ...
... moral failure . True as that is , it does not help the man who would now aim at self - fulfilment . When we say " Be thy- self " we cannot forget the possibility of our mis- taking some impulse for the self God intended . The fact is we ...
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... its mani- festation becomes moral beauty ; we must be true to the mighty past , and to that unborn future to which each of us is indissolubly joined . Are we sufficient of ourselves to accomplish these things ? Can we 94 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
... its mani- festation becomes moral beauty ; we must be true to the mighty past , and to that unborn future to which each of us is indissolubly joined . Are we sufficient of ourselves to accomplish these things ? Can we 94 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
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... moral and spiritual laws which are so interwoven with our own personal life ? Tenny- son declared , " I believe in God not from what I see in Nature but from what I find in man . " The Nature to which he referred is that which is por ...
... moral and spiritual laws which are so interwoven with our own personal life ? Tenny- son declared , " I believe in God not from what I see in Nature but from what I find in man . " The Nature to which he referred is that which is por ...
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