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In the end, Waldron concludes that there is no “small polished unitary soul-like substance” that makes us equal; there’s only a patchwork of arguments for our deep equality, collectively compelling but individually limited.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
He finds comfort, finally, not in the belief that there is a soul-like self trapped in his father’s addled brain but in the memory of the person Ed was before.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2014
None of the toys looked particularly soul-like, she thought.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
In all places, then, and in all seasons, Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings; Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons, How akin they are to human things.
From Graded Memory Selections by Charles C. Hughes
It filled the night, swept the glittering reaches, groped about in the glooms; and then, leaving the human theme behind, soul-like the upward yearning violins took flight, dissolving at last into starlight and immensity.
From The River and I by John G. Neihardt
