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He is by no means wholly bad . In certain moods he might have proved a congenial companion , for in youth a love of pleasure and an aversion to anything difficult are by no means infrequent nor do they make for social ostracism .
He is by no means wholly bad . In certain moods he might have proved a congenial companion , for in youth a love of pleasure and an aversion to anything difficult are by no means infrequent nor do they make for social ostracism .
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... opposes the weight of its own inertia to the proposed departure . Life ' s severest conflicts take place within the mind and must be fought to a finish without any human onlookers to cheer and help . Compromise here means defeat ...
... opposes the weight of its own inertia to the proposed departure . Life ' s severest conflicts take place within the mind and must be fought to a finish without any human onlookers to cheer and help . Compromise here means defeat ...
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That you should be reckoned the means of doing this or the other good — what could that do for you ? But to be the means — what can that fail to do for you ? It will be found to praise , and glory , and honour , at the glorious ...
That you should be reckoned the means of doing this or the other good — what could that do for you ? But to be the means — what can that fail to do for you ? It will be found to praise , and glory , and honour , at the glorious ...
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Contents
TECTURE | 73 |
A Poets Plea for Faith | 101 |
The Use of Imagination in Religion | 131 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Spiritual Voices in Modern Literature |
| Author | Trevor H. Davies |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Folcroft Library Editions, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jun 2010 |
| ISBN | 0841418608, 9780841418608 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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