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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: [2] See Ch. VIII.
[3] There are many indications in literature--in prophetic or
poetic form--of this awareness and distinct conviction of an
eternal life, reached through love and an inner sense of union
with others and with humanity at large; indications which bear
the mark of absolute genuineness and sincerity of feeling. See,
for instance, Whitman's poem, "To the Garden the World" (Leaves
of Grass, complete edition, p. 79). But an eternal life of the
third order; not, thank heaven! an eternity of the meddling and
muddling self-conscious Intellect!
Every careful reader has noticed the confusedness of
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