Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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... greatest work of genius . A few notes hummed in a light mood vibrate the chords within us , and our imagination may idealize the melody imperfectly rendered into most glorious harmony . Music at Home We in this country suffer from the ...
... greatest work of genius . A few notes hummed in a light mood vibrate the chords within us , and our imagination may idealize the melody imperfectly rendered into most glorious harmony . Music at Home We in this country suffer from the ...
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... greatest saints were often at one time of their lives the greatest sinners . No man may teach the world anything worth knowing who has not sinned and repented , fallen and risen again , suffered and sorrowed . As he himself has written ...
... greatest saints were often at one time of their lives the greatest sinners . No man may teach the world anything worth knowing who has not sinned and repented , fallen and risen again , suffered and sorrowed . As he himself has written ...
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... Greatest Works It was in 1777 that he began his great novel , Wilhelm Meister . In this work may be found much of his philosophy of life , some of his profoundest wisdom , and many of his most poetical flights of imagination ...
... Greatest Works It was in 1777 that he began his great novel , Wilhelm Meister . In this work may be found much of his philosophy of life , some of his profoundest wisdom , and many of his most poetical flights of imagination ...
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