Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.
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When Byrons eyes were shut in death, We bowd our head and held our breath. He taught us little but our soul Had felt his like a thunder roll.... We watchd the fount of fiery life Which servd for that Titanic life.
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A god, a god their severance ruled!
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If experience has established any one thing in this world, it has established this that it is well for any great class and description of men in society to be able to say for itself what it wants, and not to have other classes, the so-called educated and intelligent classes, acting for it as its proctors, and supposed to understand its wants and to provide for them. A class of men may often itself not either fully understand its wants, or adequately express them but it has a nearer interest and a more sure diligence in the matter than any of its proctors, and therefore a better chance of success.
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And I lose my poor soul, Merman!
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But there remains the question what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.
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