"The soul's deeper parts can only be reached through its surface. In this way the eternal forms, that mathematics and philosophy and the other sciences make us acquainted with, will by slow percolation gradually reach the core of one's being; and will come to influence our lives..." C.S. Peirce.
"We have no great heights here, perhaps, but the prairie is ocean-deep..." - That's a good line; I shall tuck it away.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm glad those words met you where you live.
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