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... mind out of nothing . And the truth is that the idea of a horse which you have been able to call up in your mind , is just as real a thing , and just as important to you , as the horse that you may see in the street . And nothing will ...
... mind out of nothing . And the truth is that the idea of a horse which you have been able to call up in your mind , is just as real a thing , and just as important to you , as the horse that you may see in the street . And nothing will ...
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... minds are suggested to us by some one else . If I tell you that I saw the moon last night , you will at once make the moon in your mind . And if some one has himself seen a thing very clearly indeed , he will be able to tell us about it ...
... minds are suggested to us by some one else . If I tell you that I saw the moon last night , you will at once make the moon in your mind . And if some one has himself seen a thing very clearly indeed , he will be able to tell us about it ...
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... mind , instead of working vigorously to create for itself , will lazily turn away to remember what some one else has said about the same kind of thing , and since one mind can never repeat another mind's work perfectly , he will only ...
... mind , instead of working vigorously to create for itself , will lazily turn away to remember what some one else has said about the same kind of thing , and since one mind can never repeat another mind's work perfectly , he will only ...
Contents
Editors Introduction | 15 |
From Songs of Innocence William Blake | 29 |
Raptures W H Davies | 35 |
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