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... seeking man lies in the fact that man is ever seeking God . The pursuer is actually the pursued . " We should not seek Him , " said Pascal , " had IN MODERN LITERATURE 15.
... seeking man lies in the fact that man is ever seeking God . The pursuer is actually the pursued . " We should not seek Him , " said Pascal , " had IN MODERN LITERATURE 15.
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... seek to escape the inexorable pursuer , he does not give up the quest until he finds it . That , we say again , is the truth which has smitten , with ever deepening wonder , the heralds of the gospel in every age . " There is mercy with ...
... seek to escape the inexorable pursuer , he does not give up the quest until he finds it . That , we say again , is the truth which has smitten , with ever deepening wonder , the heralds of the gospel in every age . " There is mercy with ...
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... seek for what was rare and precious . No wonder that to this delivered soul , the Cross of our blessed Lord became the sum and em- bodiment of all his universe , mental , moral and spiritual . For Francis Thompson was the prodi- gal ...
... seek for what was rare and precious . No wonder that to this delivered soul , the Cross of our blessed Lord became the sum and em- bodiment of all his universe , mental , moral and spiritual . For Francis Thompson was the prodi- gal ...
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... seek some shelter ? Meantime , he insists upon the fact . The poem opens with the soul in flight , and it portrays some of the attempted roads along which the fugitive sped in this unnatural desire . Every man makes his own refuge , and ...
... seek some shelter ? Meantime , he insists upon the fact . The poem opens with the soul in flight , and it portrays some of the attempted roads along which the fugitive sped in this unnatural desire . Every man makes his own refuge , and ...
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... seek fresh cover . ( c ) The wonders of the vast universe , he thinks , will surely be sufficient to satisfy his human need . Like the Psalmist he ascends into heaven , and " smites for shelter at the gold gate- ways of the stars , " he ...
... seek fresh cover . ( c ) The wonders of the vast universe , he thinks , will surely be sufficient to satisfy his human need . Like the Psalmist he ascends into heaven , and " smites for shelter at the gold gate- ways of the stars , " he ...
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