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The twinkle that softens the review; the martyr's super-logic and the child's intuition; the fact that a fragment of moss can pull back into the memory a whole forest _ these are proofs that there is reality in the imponderable, and not only notation but connotation is a part of the proper study of mankind.
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The twinkle that softens the review; the martyr's super-logic and the child's intuition; the fact that a fragment of moss can pull back into the memory a whole forest _ these are proofs that there is reality in the imponderable, and not only notation but connotation is a part of the proper study of mankind.

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