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“ The history of philosophy , " 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 ...
“ The history of philosophy , " 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 ...
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Against the red throb of its sunset - heart I laid my own to beat , And share commingling heat ; But 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 ...
Against the red throb of its sunset - heart I laid my own to beat , And share commingling heat ; But 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 ...
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It was on this custom of his friend that Charles Lamb 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 annotations , thus tripling their value .
It was on this custom of his friend that Charles Lamb 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 annotations , thus tripling their value .
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“ I am amazed , ” 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 . “ And so the Word had breath and ...
“ I am amazed , ” 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 . “ And so the Word had breath and ...
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We have but to turn to the testimony of his own contemporaries to find an answer to the question . Tennyson was one of the finest men in the world , ” said Carlyle . “ I look upon ” him with reverence , ” wrote Gladstone .
We have but to turn to the testimony of his own contemporaries to find an answer to the question . Tennyson was one of the finest men in the world , ” said Carlyle . “ I look upon ” him with reverence , ” wrote Gladstone .
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| Title | Spiritual Voices in Modern Literature |
| Author | Trevor H. Davies |
| Publisher | George H. Doran Company, 1919 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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