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Page 11
... truth , the re- deeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life , and is prophetic of eternal good . It is a blessing or a bane , a weakness or a strength , a fearful or a glorious experience , according to the soul in which ...
... truth , the re- deeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life , and is prophetic of eternal good . It is a blessing or a bane , a weakness or a strength , a fearful or a glorious experience , according to the soul in which ...
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... truth but imperfectly understood ; but there are few spirits so utterly bereft of celestial affinities as not to re- spond more or less cordially , to every sincere appeal to a capacity so divine . All the folly of vain imaginations ...
... truth but imperfectly understood ; but there are few spirits so utterly bereft of celestial affinities as not to re- spond more or less cordially , to every sincere appeal to a capacity so divine . All the folly of vain imaginations ...
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... truth is , a degree of mutual sentiment is absolutely necessary to keep affection alive for a great length of time . It is true we hear of instances that seem , at a superficial view , to justify a different conclu- sion ; but ...
... truth is , a degree of mutual sentiment is absolutely necessary to keep affection alive for a great length of time . It is true we hear of instances that seem , at a superficial view , to justify a different conclu- sion ; but ...
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... truth and equality . His chosen was a woman who understood herself , who had an intelligent , not a slavish need of him ; who , in the frank nobleness of womanhood , was his genial friend , whose pure and strong heart spontaneously ...
... truth and equality . His chosen was a woman who understood herself , who had an intelligent , not a slavish need of him ; who , in the frank nobleness of womanhood , was his genial friend , whose pure and strong heart spontaneously ...
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... truth , the nobleness , the loyalty , the affection , the high and earnest qualities of a beloved being , once enter the soul , and a withering blight falls on its purest energies . Imagination may deceive , cir- cumstances overpower ...
... truth , the nobleness , the loyalty , the affection , the high and earnest qualities of a beloved being , once enter the soul , and a withering blight falls on its purest energies . Imagination may deceive , cir- cumstances overpower ...
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