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... wrote George Henry Lewes , " is the history of man's quest for God . " We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward He is not there . It is of very deep ...
... wrote George Henry Lewes , " is the history of man's quest for God . " We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward He is not there . It is of very deep ...
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... not by that , by that , was eased my human smart . " Lover of Nature as he was he discovered , as he wrote to a friend , that there is no heart there . They " make believe " who say there is . IN MODERN LITERATURE 27.
... not by that , by that , was eased my human smart . " Lover of Nature as he was he discovered , as he wrote to a friend , that there is no heart there . They " make believe " who say there is . IN MODERN LITERATURE 27.
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... wrote his exhortation . " Reader , lend thy books to S. T. C. for he will return them to thee with usury . He will enrich them with his an- notations , thus tripling their value . I have had experience , and I counsel thee . Shut not ...
... wrote his exhortation . " Reader , lend thy books to S. T. C. for he will return them to thee with usury . He will enrich them with his an- notations , thus tripling their value . I have had experience , and I counsel thee . Shut not ...
Page 125
... wrote the poet , at the splendour of Christ's purity and holiness , and at His infinite beauty . " There were for him no problems of casuistry , because He had seen and known Christ . 66 66 And so the Word had breath and wrought With ...
... wrote the poet , at the splendour of Christ's purity and holiness , and at His infinite beauty . " There were for him no problems of casuistry , because He had seen and known Christ . 66 66 And so the Word had breath and wrought With ...
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... wrote Gladstone . " He realised to me the heroic ideal , " adds Lord Shel- burne . The music of his verse was surpassed by that of his life . He was God's poem . Walking one day with a visitor in his garden , and talking 99 intimately ...
... wrote Gladstone . " He realised to me the heroic ideal , " adds Lord Shel- burne . The music of his verse was surpassed by that of his life . He was God's poem . Walking one day with a visitor in his garden , and talking 99 intimately ...
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