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| They walk in the city / that they have builded, / The city of God / from evil shielded. |
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| The Spirit of Man: An Anthology |
| In English & French |
| From the Philosophers & Poets made by the Poet Laureate in 1915 & dedicated by gracious permission to His Majesty The King |
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| Edited by Robert Bridges |
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| Created in the darkness of the Great War, Bridges collects a book of lights from the literature of his nation and its allies. |
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| CONTENTS |
| Bibliographic Record Preface |
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LONDON, NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN & Co., 1916
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2010 |
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| I. | | Nos. 1–65. |
| | Dissatisfaction — Retirement — Spiritual Desire — Idea of God — Spiritual Love & Praise. |
| II. | | Nos. 66–208. |
| | The Muses — Beauty is Truth — Fairyland — Romance — Childhood — Ideal Love — Nature — Spring & Lovers — Youth & Age. |
| III. | | Nos. 209–341. |
| | Mortality — Melancholy — Sorrow — Sin — Ethics & Conduct — Philosophies & Humanities. |
| IV. | | Nos. 342–449. |
| | Lovingkindness — Sympathies — Christian Charity — Myths — Christian Virtue — Vocation & Active Virtue — Social Virtue & Freedom — Heroism — The Happy Warrior — Life in Death — The Heavenly Kingdom. |
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