The Germans have a word for this. They call it Ursprache (oor´shprah-kah). Ursprache is the primal, original language of the human family.11 It’s the language of paradise that still echoes in the deepest recesses of our consciousness,
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“Truly being here is glorious.”
― Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
― Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
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