Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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... hear God himself , until he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of ...
... hear God himself , until he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of ...
Page 76
... hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin - peddler . There is no permanent wise man , except in ... hear the right word . Why need you choose so painfully your place , and occupation , and associates , and modes of ...
... hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin - peddler . There is no permanent wise man , except in ... hear the right word . Why need you choose so painfully your place , and occupation , and associates , and modes of ...
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... hear from us . He is no stranger . Vulgarity , ignorance , misapprehension , are old acquaintances . Now , when he ... hears me , who understands me becomes mine , -a possession for all time . Nor is nature so poor but she gives me this ...
... hear from us . He is no stranger . Vulgarity , ignorance , misapprehension , are old acquaintances . Now , when he ... hears me , who understands me becomes mine , -a possession for all time . Nor is nature so poor but she gives me this ...
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