The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 123Atlantic Monthly Company, 1918 - American essays |
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... things . So immense is the life of the earth that man can sense it only by feeling , not from knowledge . I think monastic life is the real thing , the stillness that could make many things clear ; but where find such retreats ? It ...
... things . So immense is the life of the earth that man can sense it only by feeling , not from knowledge . I think monastic life is the real thing , the stillness that could make many things clear ; but where find such retreats ? It ...
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... things , which one might feel fairly certain of carrying over into those years ahead , or into that year- less time which , they tell us , is not time at all , — but on the little , homely , in- timate things which one may have to leave ...
... things , which one might feel fairly certain of carrying over into those years ahead , or into that year- less time which , they tell us , is not time at all , — but on the little , homely , in- timate things which one may have to leave ...
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... things men live by and live for could not stand his acid tests , so much the worse for them . Moreover , he was contrary and disagreeable , which helps make us remember him . The herbs he pre- ferred were bitter herbs ; the woods he ...
... things men live by and live for could not stand his acid tests , so much the worse for them . Moreover , he was contrary and disagreeable , which helps make us remember him . The herbs he pre- ferred were bitter herbs ; the woods he ...
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