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Page xxiv
... is never fathomed ; it may be varied and superficially immense ; but it escapes , for it will not reside there . Celibacy gives a restless activity to researches , intrigues , and business , a sort of xxiv PREFACE TO THE.
... is never fathomed ; it may be varied and superficially immense ; but it escapes , for it will not reside there . Celibacy gives a restless activity to researches , intrigues , and business , a sort of xxiv PREFACE TO THE.
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... activity , nor study , nor austerity . In this vacuum two things were evident from the very outset : on one side , narrow - minded- of Deprivation . " We feel painfully that it is her soul struggling to be severed from its dearest ...
... activity , nor study , nor austerity . In this vacuum two things were evident from the very outset : on one side , narrow - minded- of Deprivation . " We feel painfully that it is her soul struggling to be severed from its dearest ...
Page 89
... . An infinite measure of activity was employed to prove that action was no longer necessary . This injured their doctrine , for noise and light were hurtful to it . This delicate plant loved darkness , and sought HIS SUCCESS AT ROME . 89.
... . An infinite measure of activity was employed to prove that action was no longer necessary . This injured their doctrine , for noise and light were hurtful to it . This delicate plant loved darkness , and sought HIS SUCCESS AT ROME . 89.
Page 102
... enough in saying , that the state of quiet in which the soul loses its activity is not a perpetually , but an habi- tually passive state . But in acknowledging inaction to be both superior to action , and a state 102 FENELON'S QUIETISM .
... enough in saying , that the state of quiet in which the soul loses its activity is not a perpetually , but an habi- tually passive state . But in acknowledging inaction to be both superior to action , and a state 102 FENELON'S QUIETISM .
Page 121
... activity , like Bossuet , or to permit it , like Fenelon , if , preventing every active exercise of the soul , and holding it , as it were , in leading strings , you deprive it of the habit , taste , and power of acting . Is it not then ...
... activity , like Bossuet , or to permit it , like Fenelon , if , preventing every active exercise of the soul , and holding it , as it were , in leading strings , you deprive it of the habit , taste , and power of acting . Is it not then ...
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