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... true , How therefore shall thy blindness wot of truth in things most false ? Thou hast not yet perceived the causes of life or motion , How then canst thou define the subtle sympathies of mind Of Truth in Things False . 11.
... true , How therefore shall thy blindness wot of truth in things most false ? Thou hast not yet perceived the causes of life or motion , How then canst thou define the subtle sympathies of mind Of Truth in Things False . 11.
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... true , that the damps of error have not warped it ; Verily , there is nothing so false , that a sparkle of truth is not in it . For the enemy , the father of lies , the giant Upas of creation , Whose deadly shade hath blasted this once ...
... true , that the damps of error have not warped it ; Verily , there is nothing so false , that a sparkle of truth is not in it . For the enemy , the father of lies , the giant Upas of creation , Whose deadly shade hath blasted this once ...
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... True One cannot lie , Nor the Wise One wander from the track which He hath determined for himself : For his will was purposed from eternity , strong in the love of order ; And that will altereth not , as the law of the Medes and ...
... True One cannot lie , Nor the Wise One wander from the track which He hath determined for himself : For his will was purposed from eternity , strong in the love of order ; And that will altereth not , as the law of the Medes and ...
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... true from the false . Det there is a meanness of spirit , that is fair in the eyes of most men , Yea , and seemeth fair unto itself , loving to be thought Humility . Its choler is not roused by insolence , neither do injuries disturb it ...
... true from the false . Det there is a meanness of spirit , that is fair in the eyes of most men , Yea , and seemeth fair unto itself , loving to be thought Humility . Its choler is not roused by insolence , neither do injuries disturb it ...
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... wicked , Base rebels , and staunch allies , the true knight , and the traitor : And he beareth strong witness among men , There is no neutral ground , The broad highway and narrow path map out the whole 86 Of Estimating Character .
... wicked , Base rebels , and staunch allies , the true knight , and the traitor : And he beareth strong witness among men , There is no neutral ground , The broad highway and narrow path map out the whole 86 Of Estimating Character .
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