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nomena of the outer world , and the impulse to confront these phenomena with eyes of enquiry and wonder . ” This impulse of wonder , he continues , becomes a creative power in literature and art . When men take great things for granted ...
nomena of the outer world , and the impulse to confront these phenomena with eyes of enquiry and wonder . ” This impulse of wonder , he continues , becomes a creative power in literature and art . When men take great things for granted ...
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Our familiarity with the messages of grace is a peril : we need to recover the apostolic impulse of wonder . The mind which takes for granted that which “ angels desire to look into ” condemns itself to dullness and mediocrity in ...
Our familiarity with the messages of grace is a peril : we need to recover the apostolic impulse of wonder . The mind which takes for granted that which “ angels desire to look into ” condemns itself to dullness and mediocrity in ...
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... and though it 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 .
... and though it 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 .
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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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