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Page 319
... true , but it isn't ; much of what is called knowledge is very little worth even when true , and much of the best truth is not in a strict sense knowable , rather it is felt and believed . Exegetical , you know , is the grand and ...
... true , but it isn't ; much of what is called knowledge is very little worth even when true , and much of the best truth is not in a strict sense knowable , rather it is felt and believed . Exegetical , you know , is the grand and ...
Page 452
... true colour of life is not red . Red is the colour of violence , or of life broken open , edited , and published . Or if red is indeed the colour of life , it is so only on condition that it is not seen . Once fully visible , red is the ...
... true colour of life is not red . Red is the colour of violence , or of life broken open , edited , and published . Or if red is indeed the colour of life , it is so only on condition that it is not seen . Once fully visible , red is the ...
Page 465
... true Moran was no more , strutted in borrowed plumes , or rather in borrowed rags , and gave out that there had never been any Moran but himself , and many another , did homage before him , and held him chief of all their tribe . Nor ...
... true Moran was no more , strutted in borrowed plumes , or rather in borrowed rags , and gave out that there had never been any Moran but himself , and many another , did homage before him , and held him chief of all their tribe . Nor ...
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