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The necessary unlikeness between the creator and the created holds within it the equally necessary likeness of the thing made to him who makes it, and...more

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To inquire into what God has made is the main function of the imagination. It is aroused by facts, is nourished by facts; seeks for higher and yet hig...more

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Indeed, a man is rather being thought than thinking, when a new thought arises in his mind.

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If we speak of direct means for the culture of the imagination, the whole is comprised in two words--food and exercise.

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In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or woman can have; for it is not the things ...more

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There is hardly a limit to the knowledge and sympathy a man may have in respect of the finest things, and yet be a fool. Sympathy is not harmony. A ma...more