Honour to thee, 0 spirit of man. Thou givest a soul to the world, thou settest it a goal, thou art the hymn that lifts it into harmony; therefore turn back into thyself, lift high thy head and meet proudly the evil that comes to thee. Adversity can crush... The Great Hunger - Page 326by Johan Bojer - 1919 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
| Johan Bojer - 1919 - 330 pages
...that lifted their songs of praise high up into boundless space. Honour to thee, 0 spirit of man. Theu givest a soul to the world, thou settest it a goal,...out, yet art thou still unconquerable and eternal. Dear friend, it was thus I felt. And when the corn was sown, and I went back, the sun was glancing... | |
| Frank Challice Constable - 1924 - 304 pages
...the mind. Their necessary reconciliation or subsumption is to be found only in the transcendental. to the world, thou settest it a goal, thou art the hymn that lifts it into harmony." Then the man who has so expressed himself meets a woman, a stricken mother, and he goes on : " But... | |
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