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... invisible , yet you will see their wonderful power at work everywhere around you . Let us first see for a moment what kind of tales science has to tell , and how far they are equal to the old fairy tales we all know so well . Who does ...
... invisible , yet you will see their wonderful power at work everywhere around you . Let us first see for a moment what kind of tales science has to tell , and how far they are equal to the old fairy tales we all know so well . Who does ...
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... invisible , and many people live and die without ever seeing them or caring to see them . These people go about with their eyes shut , either because they will not open them , or because no one has taught them how to see . They fret and ...
... invisible , and many people live and die without ever seeing them or caring to see them . These people go about with their eyes shut , either because they will not open them , or because no one has taught them how to see . They fret and ...
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... invisible forces or fairies whose acquaintance I wish you to make . Day and night , summer and winter , storm or calm , these fairies are at work , and we may hear them and know them , and make friends of them if we will . There is only ...
... invisible forces or fairies whose acquaintance I wish you to make . Day and night , summer and winter , storm or calm , these fairies are at work , and we may hear them and know them , and make friends of them if we will . There is only ...
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... invisible in the air by heat , one of the most wonderful of our forces * or fairies , till the cold wind passed by and chilled the air . Then , when there was no longer so much heat , another invisible force , cohesion , which is always ...
... invisible in the air by heat , one of the most wonderful of our forces * or fairies , till the cold wind passed by and chilled the air . Then , when there was no longer so much heat , another invisible force , cohesion , which is always ...
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... invisible giant , always silently and invisibly toiling in great things and small whether we wake or sleep ? Now the shower is over , the sun comes out , and the ground is soon as dry as though no rain had fallen . Tell me , what has ...
... invisible giant , always silently and invisibly toiling in great things and small whether we wake or sleep ? Now the shower is over , the sun comes out , and the ground is soon as dry as though no rain had fallen . Tell me , what has ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
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