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“This absurd over-estimate of the importance of the moment of dying is the direct consequence of the rejection of the Bible doctrine of Perseverance and the substitution for it of a doctrine of Perfection as the meaning of Christ being our Saviour to the uttermost.”

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Book:Studies in Perfectionism
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“The next stage is a hornfels, a thoroughly recrystallized rock, so named after its supposed resemblance to animal horn. Hornfels has one rather unexpected quality—when suitably shaped, it can produce beautiful musical notes when struck. Indeed, it took central place in an extraordinary narrative of the English Lake District. An eccentric 18th-century inventor, Peter Crosthwaite—a fighter against Malay pirates in his youth and, later in life, the founder of a museum in the town of Keswick—built a kind of xylophone using hornfels from the local Skiddaw mountain. Half a century later, the Keswick stone-maker and musician Joseph Richardson determined to top Crosthwaite’s achievement, and almost ruined his family financially by building an even bigger instrument, which would produce a larger range of musical notes. Once built, though, it was indeed a sensation. Richardson toured England for three years with his sons, playing Handel, Mozart, and dance tunes on his rock creation—though at times restraining the power of the instrument so it would not shatter concert hall windows. Queen Victoria liked the performances so much that she requested extra concerts (although reports from the time do suggest that she was not amused at its imitation of Alpine bells). The harmonious hornfels ‘lithophones’ may still be seen in the Keswick museum—and are to this day occasionally taken on musical tour.”

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Book:Rocks: A Very Short Introduction
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“-Ce vrei să înțelegi? Nu e nimic de înțeles, răspunse el, străduindu-se s-o liniștească. Există legi care guvernează lumea și care nu sunt făcute nici pentru, nici împotriva noastră. Când izbucnește furtuna, nu mai ai pică pe nimeni, știi că fulgerul este produsul a două sarcini electrice contrare, iar norii nu te cunosc pe tine. Nu le poți reproșa nimic. Și de altfel ar fi ridicol, n-ar înțelege. -Dar nu-i același lucru. Aici sunt fenomene pur umane. -Numai în aparență, Jeanne. Par provocate de cutare sau cutare om, de cutare împrejurare, dar se întâmplă ca în natură: după o perioadă de calm vine furtuna, care are un început, sfârșit, după care urmează alte perioade de calm mai mult sau mai puțin lungi! Spre nenorocirea noastră, ne-am născut într-un secol de furtuni, asta e tot. Se vor liniști.”

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Book:Suite Française
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