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Excerpt from Symbolism of the East and West"As compressed within the bounded shellBoundless Ocean seems to surge and swell,Haunting echoes of an...
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infinite wholeMoan and murmur through Man's finite soul." - Mathilde Blind."In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation,silence and speech acting together, some embodimentand revelation of the infinite, made to blend itself withthe finite, to stand visible and, as it were, attainablethere." - Thomas Carlyle."Then knew I that he had given me the symbols ofthe four quarters of the earth, and of all the worlds ofthe universe; the stone for the North, the sword forthe East, the spear for the South, and the cup for theWest." - Fiona Macleod."Our spirits have climbed high, -And from the top of sense, looked over senseTo the significance and heart of thingsRather than things themselves." - Elizabeth B. Browning.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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