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Though I admit, I myself am tempted to spiritualize decomposition.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2018
She frenetically tries to spiritualize materialism�to set up a kind of materialist morality in which "money is the root of all good" because it stands for man's creativity.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a country without antique monuments, the image of Arcadia serves to spiritualize the past.
From Time Magazine Archive
Skeptical of progress, Cole painted the landscape as Arcadia, which served to spiritualize the past in a land without antique monuments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Remember the readiness which he always showed to spiritualize every occurrence.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
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