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Page 42
... universe . Realizing it , they were filled with awe , an overwhelming sense of the immen- sities of which they were a part . They had had their transfiguration , though they would presently descend from the mount . The knowledge that we ...
... universe . Realizing it , they were filled with awe , an overwhelming sense of the immen- sities of which they were a part . They had had their transfiguration , though they would presently descend from the mount . The knowledge that we ...
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... universe . It would seem to be the same with the immensities of time . Man looks with forward and reverted eye , but beast and bird , even when instinct impels them to lay up store for the future , live wholly in the moment . The bird's ...
... universe . It would seem to be the same with the immensities of time . Man looks with forward and reverted eye , but beast and bird , even when instinct impels them to lay up store for the future , live wholly in the moment . The bird's ...
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... universe in space . Indian chronology suffered a detriment which has not yet been repaired . The wise men of India looked back , not to a few centuries of past history , but to many millenniums . And they also steadily contemplated ...
... universe in space . Indian chronology suffered a detriment which has not yet been repaired . The wise men of India looked back , not to a few centuries of past history , but to many millenniums . And they also steadily contemplated ...
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... universe of Ptolemy . And in this scripture there is a notable phrase which brings out with singular force and ... universe , last- ing in all six thousand years , was but an interlude , a temporary shrink- age of the vast conceptions of ...
... universe of Ptolemy . And in this scripture there is a notable phrase which brings out with singular force and ... universe , last- ing in all six thousand years , was but an interlude , a temporary shrink- age of the vast conceptions of ...
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... more vital , of the conti- nuity of consciousness , which in its own nature is eternity , wisdom , joy . So we shall begin to inhabit the universe . Ir is the easy and proper pastime of historians to ANCIENT AND MODERN THINKING 49.
... more vital , of the conti- nuity of consciousness , which in its own nature is eternity , wisdom , joy . So we shall begin to inhabit the universe . Ir is the easy and proper pastime of historians to ANCIENT AND MODERN THINKING 49.
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