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""'You have puzzled me utterly, I said, laughing. 'Is that not enough? Won't you, now, consent to stand on equal terms and do me the kindness to remove your mask?'
'Can any request be more unreasonable?' she replied. 'Ask a lady to yield an advantage! Besides, how do you know you should recognize me? Years make changes.'
'As you see,' I said, with a bow and a melancholy little laugh."" — May 15, 2026 01:41PM
""'You have puzzled me utterly, I said, laughing. 'Is that not enough? Won't you, now, consent to stand on equal terms and do me the kindness to remove your mask?'
'Can any request be more unreasonable?' she replied. 'Ask a lady to yield an advantage! Besides, how do you know you should recognize me? Years make changes.'
'As you see,' I said, with a bow and a melancholy little laugh."" — May 15, 2026 01:41PM
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""The notion of the immortality of the soul as an intellectual substance (and that that immortality might even be demonstrated rationally) had not dawned upon the mind of Biblical man. If he hoped at all to escape mortality it was on the basis of personal trust that his Creator might raise him once again from the dust."" — Apr 07, 2026 02:24PM
""The notion of the immortality of the soul as an intellectual substance (and that that immortality might even be demonstrated rationally) had not dawned upon the mind of Biblical man. If he hoped at all to escape mortality it was on the basis of personal trust that his Creator might raise him once again from the dust."" — Apr 07, 2026 02:24PM
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""So they left off beating Ilusha and I took him under my protection. I saw the boy was proud. I tell you that, the boy was proud; but in the end he became slavishly devoted to me: he did my slightest bidding, obeyed me as though I were God, tried to copy me."" — May 05, 2026 08:21AM
""So they left off beating Ilusha and I took him under my protection. I saw the boy was proud. I tell you that, the boy was proud; but in the end he became slavishly devoted to me: he did my slightest bidding, obeyed me as though I were God, tried to copy me."" — May 05, 2026 08:21AM
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