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" O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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" Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man. "
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