In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, … - Lytton Strachey

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The practice of giving thanks. . . eucharisteo. . . this is the way we practice the presence of God, stay present to His presence, and it is always a practice of the eyes. We don't have to change what we see. Only the way we see.

Lytton Strachey

In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought.

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