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... present Rome . " value , and I am sure it will re- " I have been strongly im . pressed with its exceptional excellence in many unusual respects . Its singular clear- ness , succinctness , justness of statement and admirable ar - ceive ...
... present Rome . " value , and I am sure it will re- " I have been strongly im . pressed with its exceptional excellence in many unusual respects . Its singular clear- ness , succinctness , justness of statement and admirable ar - ceive ...
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... present day . Underlying this superstition is a really noble idea : the conception that human virtue is undying , that it lends power and blessings to all it touches , that contact with a righteous personality is an imperishable honor ...
... present day . Underlying this superstition is a really noble idea : the conception that human virtue is undying , that it lends power and blessings to all it touches , that contact with a righteous personality is an imperishable honor ...
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... present day ? In study- ing the laws of nature and discovering the properties of mat- ter , with added intelligence and in accordance with a truer method - the educational products of past experiences - they strive none the less ...
... present day ? In study- ing the laws of nature and discovering the properties of mat- ter , with added intelligence and in accordance with a truer method - the educational products of past experiences - they strive none the less ...
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tific and philosophic thought of the present day . The wor- shiper of a transcendent life and power in stocks and stones , in mountains and seas , in the rolling planets , in the storm cloud and the setting sun , was on his way toward ...
tific and philosophic thought of the present day . The wor- shiper of a transcendent life and power in stocks and stones , in mountains and seas , in the rolling planets , in the storm cloud and the setting sun , was on his way toward ...
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... present to us . To Vol- taire's imaginary being with seventy senses , what a differ- ent world were possible ! a world transcending that in which we live perhaps as much as ours transcends that of the amoeba . Every finite being is a ...
... present to us . To Vol- taire's imaginary being with seventy senses , what a differ- ent world were possible ! a world transcending that in which we live perhaps as much as ours transcends that of the amoeba . Every finite being is a ...
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