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... soul . He regretted the absence of early advan- tages which poverty had denied him ; and in teaching Edna to read and to write , and to cipher , he never failed to im- press upon her the vast superiority which a thorough educa- tion ...
... soul . He regretted the absence of early advan- tages which poverty had denied him ; and in teaching Edna to read and to write , and to cipher , he never failed to im- press upon her the vast superiority which a thorough educa- tion ...
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... soul , left to stray through the devious , check- ered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received from communion with Greek sages and Hebrew prophets . An utter stranger to fashionable conventionality and ...
... soul , left to stray through the devious , check- ered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received from communion with Greek sages and Hebrew prophets . An utter stranger to fashionable conventionality and ...
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... souls of our dead need not the aid of Sandalphon to interpret the whispers that rise tremu- lously from the world of sin and wrestling , that float up among the stars , through the gates of pearl , down the golden streets of the New ...
... souls of our dead need not the aid of Sandalphon to interpret the whispers that rise tremu- lously from the world of sin and wrestling , that float up among the stars , through the gates of pearl , down the golden streets of the New ...
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... soul , and fiendishly prompting the bleeding , crushed spirit to " curse God and die . " Edna had never contemplated the possibility of her grandfather's death — it was a horror she had never forced herself to front ; and now that he ...
... soul , and fiendishly prompting the bleeding , crushed spirit to " curse God and die . " Edna had never contemplated the possibility of her grandfather's death — it was a horror she had never forced herself to front ; and now that he ...
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... soul , man has not dreamed of nor language painted it . What would I not give for a fresh , pure , and untrampled heart , such as slumbers peacefully in yonder room , with no damning recollections to scare sleep from her pillow ...
... soul , man has not dreamed of nor language painted it . What would I not give for a fresh , pure , and untrampled heart , such as slumbers peacefully in yonder room , with no damning recollections to scare sleep from her pillow ...
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