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... noble type from which itself had fallen . But it is different with a conscious , moral being . Reduce such an one ever so low , yet you cannot obliterate in his inner nature the conscious- ness of falling beneath himself ; you cannot ...
... noble type from which itself had fallen . But it is different with a conscious , moral being . Reduce such an one ever so low , yet you cannot obliterate in his inner nature the conscious- ness of falling beneath himself ; you cannot ...
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... noble realisation of its own lost spiritual excellence the full , perfect , beautiful reproduction in actual existence of that splendour of moral loveliness which once was its own - it is conceiv- able that the latent instincts of the ...
... noble realisation of its own lost spiritual excellence the full , perfect , beautiful reproduction in actual existence of that splendour of moral loveliness which once was its own - it is conceiv- able that the latent instincts of the ...
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... noble standard with which my own performances are in miserable contrast , the vision of a beauty and excellence which I admire and honour , but which , in all that I am , and all that I do , I practically disown ; this is a condition ...
... noble standard with which my own performances are in miserable contrast , the vision of a beauty and excellence which I admire and honour , but which , in all that I am , and all that I do , I practically disown ; this is a condition ...
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... noble thing humanity might become , when this only serves to mock my misery by the spectacle of unattainable good ! Tell me not of the beauty of goodness , the hatefulness of sin , the blessedness of a holy life . I know it - I admit it ...
... noble thing humanity might become , when this only serves to mock my misery by the spectacle of unattainable good ! Tell me not of the beauty of goodness , the hatefulness of sin , the blessedness of a holy life . I know it - I admit it ...
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... noble act -to perceive and hate baseness and selfishness- to appreciate what is pure and lovely and of good report - needs qualities which no metaphysic skill can confer , and yet which may be found in the garret or hovel where rude and ...
... noble act -to perceive and hate baseness and selfishness- to appreciate what is pure and lovely and of good report - needs qualities which no metaphysic skill can confer , and yet which may be found in the garret or hovel where rude and ...
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Page 229 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Page 143 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death...
Page 102 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 251 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 265 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...