It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust.
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If we become completely whole-hearted we will have love for all people and will seek in each person what is most holy, what God has inspired in him or her. And only then will there be no danger of softening or twisting our witness. Why? Because the capacity of our faith will no longer be narrow. If we are not broadhearted, we have not yet grasped the meaning of faith. We must always be ready to be newly led in our faith, even through the tiniest atom of godliness we find in others. It is that which leads us to the kingdom of God. We affirm that there is something of God in all people -- something of the light. It may only gleam now, but it will eventually lead to complete illumination.
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'A thousand Christmas trees! at what apiece?' He felt some need of softening that to me:...
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No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
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I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.
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"A thousand Christmas trees! at what apiece?" He felt some need of softening that to me:...
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