world spirit
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The world spirit was—not creeping in, but—walking boldly into the life of the Church.
From Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
They consider that security for industry and freedom for the individual can best be preserved in Ireland by the maintenance of the Union, and that the world spirit is with the great empires.
From Imaginations and Reveries by Russell, George William
There is no other art, perhaps, by which the child so intimately links the world spirit with his own spirit.
From Study of Child Life by Washburne, Marion Foster
Is it not at least equally reasonable to assume that there are many spirits, or many shapes taken by the superpersonal world spirit, with which the soul can get into touch?
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
The fundamental idea from which Philo starts is a Platonic one; the dualism of God and the world, spirit and matter.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
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