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Page 211
... harmony , harmony is perfec- tion , prefection is our dream , and our dream is heaven . This world of quarrels and of bitterness , of selfishness , ugliness , and misery , makes us long involuntarily for the eternal peace , for the ...
... harmony , harmony is perfec- tion , prefection is our dream , and our dream is heaven . This world of quarrels and of bitterness , of selfishness , ugliness , and misery , makes us long involuntarily for the eternal peace , for the ...
Page 246
... harmony of a personal faith which may satisfy our mind and conscience as well as our hearts . But the need of faith never leaves us . It is the postulate of a higher truth which is to bring all things into harmony . It is the stimulus ...
... harmony of a personal faith which may satisfy our mind and conscience as well as our hearts . But the need of faith never leaves us . It is the postulate of a higher truth which is to bring all things into harmony . It is the stimulus ...
Page 300
... Harmony with self would mean peace , repose , and perhaps immobility By far the greater num- ber of human beings can ... harmony , and harmony , which is the association of contraries , is also a principle of movement . War is a ...
... Harmony with self would mean peace , repose , and perhaps immobility By far the greater num- ber of human beings can ... harmony , and harmony , which is the association of contraries , is also a principle of movement . War is a ...
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