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Pharisaism, obtuseness and tyranny reign not only in the homes of merchants and in jails; I see it in science, in literature, and ...
When I see that the nineteenth century has crowned the idolatry of Art with the deification of Love, so that every poet is suppose ...
Power, I said. Power to walk into the gold vaults of the nations, into the secrets of kings, into the holy of holies. Power to mak ...
Is this a holy thing to see
In a rich and fruitful land,
Babes reduced to misery,
Fed with cold and usurous hand?
Most holy Satyr,
like a goat,
with horns and hooves
to match thy coat
of russet brown.
Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss
Can never hope to wage a Global Mission.
...
and the oxen near
The worn foundations of their resting-place,
...
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmation strong
As proofs of holy writ.
O Holy Wisdom, Soaring Power, encompass us with wings unfurled,
and carry us, encircling all, above, below, and through the w
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Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.
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