“ Self will come to life even in the slaying of self ”
George MacDonald, Phantastes (1858). copy citation
Author | George MacDonald |
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Source | Phantastes |
Topic | life self-knowledge |
Date | 1858 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/325/325-h/325-h.htm |
Context
“Another self seemed to arise, like a white spirit from a dead man, from the dumb and trampled self of the past. Doubtless, this self must again die and be buried, and again, from its tomb, spring a winged child; but of this my history as yet bears not the record.
Self will come to life even in the slaying of self; but there is ever something deeper and stronger than it, which will emerge at last from the unknown abysses of the soul: will it be as a solemn gloom, burning with eyes? or a clear morning after the rain?”
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