world spirit
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The great world spirit paid no more attention to the prone and weeping woman than to the motes, that were swimming gaily in the sunbeams.
From The Redemption of David Corson by Goss, Charles Frederic
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)
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
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
To him far more than to any contemporary is it due that self-abnegation, self-identification with the world spirit, was made the basis of universal education.
From The World Set Free by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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