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“The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.”

Ends Reality Poor Lord Wonderful Mankind Angel Slave Humble Bread Heavenly Sacraments

Author:Thomas Aquinas

“Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia.This vast power, gathered into one, endeavored to subdue at a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region within the straits, and then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength, among all mankind.”

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Book:Gorgias and Timaeus

Source: Gorgias and Timaeus

“There is then no analogy whatever between the operations of the Chess-Player, and those of the calculating machine of Mr. Babbage , and if we choose to call the former a pure machine we must be prepared to admit that it is, beyond all comparison, the most wonderful of the inventions of mankind.”

Ifs Player Wonderful Mankind Pure Machines Prepared Chess Invention Former Operations Comparison Be Prepared Analogies Calculating Chess Players

Book:The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Source: The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

“No, I most certainly do not think advertising people are wonderful. I think they are horrible, and the worst menace to mankind, next to war; perhaps ahead of war. They stand for the material viewpoint, for the importance of possessions, of desire, of envy, of greed. And war comes from these things.”

People Thinking War Desire Next Wonderful Worst Mankind Materials Importance Greed Possession Envy Horrible Advertising Viewpoints Menace

Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

“I cannot but take notice of the wonderful love of God to mankind, who, in order to encourage obedience to His laws, has annexed a present as well as a future reward to a good life; and has so interwoven our duty and our happiness together that, while we are discharging our obligations to the one, we are at the same time making the best provision for the other.”

Wells Together Law Order Wonderful Mankind Duty Rewards Obligation Obedience God Love Good Life Provision Wonderful Love

Author:William Melmoth

“So, in the physical world mankind are prone to seek an explanation of uncommon phenomena only, while the ordinary changes of nature, which are in themselves equally wonderful, are disregarded.”

World Loss Wonderful Mankind Ordinary Disaster Explanation Uncommon Disregarded

Author:Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps

“I do know middle age can bring greater depth, greater wisdom, greater capacity for love, greater capacity for relationship, greater consciousness and desire to serve and awareness of the fate of mankind - all these wonderful things, yes. And I know I'm getting there.”

Knows Age Desire Consciousness Greater Fate Wonderful Middle Mankind Awareness Capacity Depth Wonderful Things Middle Ages

Author:Marianne Williamson

“The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.”

Men Humans Suffering Humanity Study Wonderful Mankind Universal Humanitarian Human Suffering

Author:Daniel D. Palmer

“No one particular religion has been able to secure the exclusive rights for the power of prayer. No matter who you are, we all have the ability to take advantage of this amazing and wonderful power. Once you realize this, you will then be filled with the desire to help others realize this as well. More and more people are resonating with this understanding, and this could result in a more wonderful future for mankind. (165)”

Source: The Secret Life of Water

“Then I began to play. Variations on a G major chord, the most wonderful chord known to mankind, infinitely happy. I could live inside a G major chord, with Grace, if she was willing. Everything uncomplicated and good about me could be summed up by that chord.”

Ifs Play Known Grace Wonderful Mankind Willing Majors Chords Variation Uncomplicated

Book:Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)

Source: Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)