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Katharine Sergeant Angell White
Katharine Sergeant Angell White

Katharine Sergeant Angell White was an American writer and critic, recognized for her contributions to journalism and literature. Born on September 17, 1892, and passing away on July 20, 1977, White made a name for herself with her insightful literary reviews and commentary, particularly during her tenure as a critic for The New York Times Book Review. more

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“It is this subtle dimension of understanding that marks the southwestern Indian peoples from other religions and separates tribal peoples from the world's religions. Somewhere in the planetary history religious expression changed from participation in the sound, color and rhythm of nature to the abstractions of man outside this context pleading for temporary respite and hoping in the next life to return to the Garden.”

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Author:Vine Deloria Jr.
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“Pathology is a relatively easy thing to discuss, health is very difficult. This, of course, is one of the reasons why there is such a thing as the sacred, and why the sacred is difficult to talk about, because the sacred is peculiarly related to the healthy. One does not like to disturb the sacred, for in general, to talk about something changes it, and perhaps will turn it into a pathology.”

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Author:Gregory Bateson
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“The sap of Spring in the young wood a-stir Will celebrate with green the Mother, And every song-bird shout awhile for her; But we are gifted, even in November Rawest of seasons, with so huge a sense Of Her nakedly worn magnificence We forget cruelty and past betrayal, Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall.”

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Book:Collected poems, 1955
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