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A second volume of short stories and poetry translated from the Hebrew.

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...lish and Hebrew http://gorgelink.org/vaknin/ http://samvak.tripod.com/sipurim.html Poetry of Healing and Abuse http://samvak.tripod.com/contents.h... ...m Revisited http://samvak.tripod.com/ Created by: Lidija Rangelovska, Skopje REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S Short Fic... ...UBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart Language of Black and Red On the Bus to Town The Butterflies are L... ...a with words of fire. Some passengers begin to push the Arab and shove her with innocuous gestures of their sweaty palms. They endeavour to avoid ... ...onditions and was about to return, I feel convinced. The driver brakes the bus, rises, and gestures to the Arab helplessly. She tries to extricate ... ... to my second line of defence, I surrender to your simulated wrath. The signs are here, the gestures, the infinitesimal movements that you cannot co... ...u one little thing, one minute of your life, make it one second" – he paused and then – "I respect you greatly. We can talk through the window curta... ... public library and spent a good few hours reading Kafka's "Metamorphosis", a story about a respectable clerk turned loathsome insect in his sleep. ...

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...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machination...

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...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...stigations, 1835 Major General Sir William Henry (‘Thuggee’) Sleeman Sleeman: ‘Are you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, th... ...nce and our faithful Rosita. ‘Your loving father, Arthur J. Forsythe.’ How Helen had loved and respected her father. Everything she was she owed ... ..., he lifted her face towards his with his hand and kissed her soundly on the lips. ‘A little more respect for your future husband, little sweetheart.... ...u and your horse out of this forest. It is not good to travel alone. Dacoits and badmashes are no respecters of even an Angressi THE CURSE OF KALI ... ...have sworn two hands of the Goddess started to move in the Audrey Blankenhagen 268 traditional gestures. With a thrill of fear and fascination, sh...

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...A compilation of quotes by U.G. Krishnamurti that can alter your life. Someone once said to his daughter who had met U.G., "Damned be the day you met this man; your life will never be the same." Whether we feel cursed or blessed, our comin...

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...The Natural State In the Words of U.G. Krishnamurti Peter Maverick Introduction 1972-... ...1990—Various Places Publisher's Note When I read the manuscript of Peter's book, it was as though U.G. was talking through the pages. It w... ... It was wonderful to hear him without all the questions and interjections of the people who normally surround him. It felt very personal. Coming ... ...here are ways and means of achieving your material goals but even in this respect there is a lot of pain, there is a lot of suffering. And you have ... ...tween colors, to read, to imitate manners. It is relative to each culture. Gestures and expressions constituted the first language. Later, words were... ...s constituted the first language. Later, words were added on. We still use gestures to supplement our spoken words because we feel that words alone a...

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...Tms work in its oripl, German form has already, since its publication fourteen years ago, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. It has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-sp...

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...The primal natm:e of the effort to establish relation is already to be seen in the earliest and most confined stage. Before anything isolated can be perceived, timid glances mOve out into indistinct space, towards something indefinite; and in...

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...n fourteen years ago, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may ... ... this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. . It has hitherto been eompa... ... has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology. 1 and TIum' is to be understood in the context... ...in whatever they may c~mtinually part company, agree at least in this one respect, that they indicate a progressive augmentation of the world of It.... ...ct, that they indicate a progressive augmentation of the world of It. In respect of the history of the race that is called in question; it is point... .../~y~~ U~~J .uJdMJ V'Y~U~~J .t'UI.IoV ~---r--J' agree at least in this one respect, that they indicate a progressive augmentation of the world of It.... ...eat language. Independently, without needing co-opera­ tion of sounds and gestures, most forcibly when they rely wholly on their glance, the eyes ex...

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...h at the first entrance forewarne thee, that in contriving the same I have proposed unto my selfe no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing m...

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...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...10. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only. Send comments and corr... ...e, and bearing not onely in his heart or hand, but even in aspect and due respect the native magnanimity of Bedford, and magnificent francke-Nature ... ...oposed unto my selfe no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: m... ...ade head against the furie of his victorious armie. The consideration and respect of so notable a vertue, did first abate http://www.uoregon.edu/%7E... ...sse in my lookes, and gentle softnesse in my voice, and affabilitie in my gestures, and a dexterite in conforming my selfe to the parts I undertooke... ... 3:51:16 AM Montaigne's Essays hand, to change in their attires, in their gestures, dances, exercises, and songs, from one forme to another: And to ... ...o this end, that they may enjoy the pleasing spectacle of the languishing gestures, pitifull notions, horror-moving yellings, deep fetcht groanes, an...

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The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths: the point of view and lessons of the victims.

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... Narcissism Book of Quotes A SELECTION OF QUOTES FROM THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF OVER 12,000 INDIVID... ...sistic Personality Disorder Discussion site over the past 18 months. In the preparation of this document, we encountered victim's reports of attempt... ...sment, sexual abuse, incest, vindictiveness in child custody court battles, repudiation of pension contracts, and non-payment of child-support, all ... ...utlandish behaviour is the N's hallmark. They can draw other unsuspecting, and usually respectable, people into their criminal or pseudo-criminal a... ... own social disorder. I thought I was such a loser that I wasn't worth another person's respect, kindness or honesty. Ns do this to people's souls. ... ...." "Once you are crystal clear in your perception of the Ns true personality, you lose respect for them. Then you can put up with a lot, because y... ...tainties (followed by bouts of relief on her part as conflicts are resolved), grandiose gestures, expressions of interest, of need and of dependence...

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...Vol. 1: TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increases when he shelter...

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... Deviations: Covenant Elissa Malcohn Second Edition This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the prod... ...of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblanc... ...n 1985. I am very thankful for the guidance I received back then by members of the Cambridge Science Fiction Workshop (Jon Burrowes, Alexander Jablo... ...nd carry them into Basc. She would present them and the satchel, with great respect, to Ulik's widow. She would recount Ulik's death, speaking in Ya... ...ft. Instead they watched her, maintaining their distance, exuding an air of respect. Children whispered and pointed, asking questions and receiving ... ...The Honorable One to collect the inventories, when the hubbub quieted into respectful silence before the ritual invocations. Several children surro... ...sed in silhouette with another woman, whose hands moved in precise, careful gestures. A child ran giggling across a yard empty of goats, uncaring as ... ...n fixing on and scanning particular huts. Watu's laughter was too loud, his gestures exaggerated. Something in his face—an unintended glare, a sever... ...on of food and answering questions. He ordered the lanterns taken down. His gestures were the only signs of his authority. Otherwise he was as filth...

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...Reading age 10+ You might not know it but you, everyone you know and the world itself are all but figments in the imagination of a Storyteller on another planet. Each night foolish creatures called Bloons gather around him to listen to the latest crazy antics of Hoomanity. But it seems as though the Story itself has gotten out of control. The Hooman...

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...magic happens. Copyright © Tom Glaister 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or tr... ...ical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published in Great Britain in 2008 Firecrest Publis... ...om The moral right for the author has been asserted A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-9560192-0-2 P... ...ons to f nd them all staring at him with a mixture of curiosity, fear and respect. They were the only friends he’d ever had and it was impossible to... ...I’m there, I might install some valuable lessons about good behaviour and respect for authority, too. Bunsen reached the end of the corridor and swu... ...lash-boxes. ‘Those were the days!’ he cried. ‘Time was that old folks were respected. There was none of the smart answers that go on today – oh no! A... ...made a move. Finally, Bozo got a little bored and, despite Theo’s frantic gestures to stay put, he picked himself up and strolled on ahead. He retur...

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...ssics Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...lusively to family affairs. His behaviour at the bar was decent, firm, and respectful. His wife threw herself, on three different occasions, before Ge... ...elf sufficiently natural, and, considering his political principles, in no respect dishonourable to his memory. But neither ought it to be imputed to ... ...ed from him without any concern; but he would not receive direc- tions, in respect to his private conduct, from any man alive. When M’Namara returned ... ...irected their motions both by voice and hand: at which times I thought his gestures were striking, and his voice uncommonly sono- rous and commanding.... ...’s mind were accompanied with singular ‘mockings and mowings,’ fan- tastic gestures, which the man of rags and litigation deemed appropriate to his ch... ...rt of the farm, and twice she made signs of recog- nition in answer to the gestures by which I endeavoured to make her comprehend my situation; but on...

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... Plutarch’s Lives – Volume Two trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ..., must at the same time recognize his merits. The people also paid him the respect he deserved, and when he came into the theater, received him with p... ...g. Eumenes, however, still continued to attend upon Perdiccas, both out of respect to him, and a desire not to be absent from the royal family. But Pe... ...gyraspids; who, on receiving these letters, treated Eumenes with a show of respect and kindness; but it was apparent enough they were full of envy and... ...the words, but observing a sort of amaze- ment and wonder in the looks and gestures of those that did hear them, he asked what it was that he said. Wh... ...gown off his shoulders, and was the first of all the Romans that used such gestures; as Cleon is said to have been the first orator among the Athenian...

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... and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality....

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...Table of Contents: Etymology, 1 -- Extracts, 3 -- 1 Loomings, 15 -- 2 The Carpet-Bag, 20 -- 3 The Spouter-Inn, 24 -- 4 The Counterpane, 36 -- 5 Breakfast, 40 -- 6 The Street, 42 -- 7 The Chapel, 45 -- 8 The Pulpit, 48 -- 9 The Serm...

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...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANIEL HAWTHO... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 42 The Whiteness of the Whale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 43 Hark! . . . . .... ... 54 The Town Ho’s Story(As told at the Golden Inn.) . . . . . . . . 237 55 Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 56 Of... ...rmed with ribs of whale.” Rape of the Lock. “If we compare land animals in respect to magnitude, with those that take up their abode in the deep, we s... ...such offices to those who like them. For my part, I abominate all honorable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. It is... ...and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. It i... ...poke; nor did his offi cers say aught to him; though by all their minutest gestures and expressions,they plainly showed the uneasy, if not painful, co... ...iel, ascending to the main royal mast head, was tossing one arm in frantic gestures, and hurling forth prophecies of speedy doom to the sac rilegious... ...tail, the more do I deplore my inability to express it. At times there are gestures in it, which, though they would well grace the hand of man, remain...

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...s Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... of whale.” —Rape of the Lock. 8 Moby Dick “If we compare land animals in respect to magnitude, with those that take up their abode in the deep, we s... ...ch offices to those who like them. For my part, I abominate all honourable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. It is... ...and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. It i... ...iel, ascending to the main-royal mast-head, was tossing one arm in frantic gestures, and hurling forth prophecies of speedy doom to the sacrilegious a... ...tail, the more do I deplore my inability to express it. At times there are gestures in it, which, though they would well grace the hand of man, remain... ...ble. In an extensive herd, so remarkable, occasion- ally, are these mystic gestures, that I have heard hunters who have declared them akin to Free-Mas...

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...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...ote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ..., or why a translator who makes it his aim to treat “Don Quixote” with the respect due to a great classic, should not be as acceptable even to the car... ...o a great extent supplies the action of the story. His development in this respect is as remarkable as in any other. In the First Part he displays a g... ...- deed, Don Quixote’s own village, Argamasilla, has a sort of oppres- sive respectability in the prim regularity of its streets and houses; everything... ... the unsheathed dagger, with such irregular and disordered steps, and such gestures that one would have supposed her to have lost her senses, and take... ...y way the rage that was pent up in his heart; and at his words and furious gestures Sancho was so scared and terrified that he would have been glad if... ...e it to observe how Don Gaiferos discovers himself, and that by her joyful gestures Melisendra shows us she has recognised him; and what is more, we n...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Marseilles -- The Arrival. On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If, got on board the vessel...

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...andre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Penns... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...d at once the eight or ten seamen who com- posed the crew, sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul, topsail sheets and h... ...cessor to the late Captain Leclere. Edmond, at the approach of his patron, respectfully placed the arm of his affianced bride within that of M. Morrel... ...e ship’s supercargo?” “Why, as for that, I could only know what I was told respecting the merchandise with which the vessel was laden. I know she was ... ..., had come in person to see him. Faria sat up to receive him, avoiding all gestures in order that he might conceal from the governor the paralysis tha... ...rrifying the wild goats and scaring the sea- fowls with his wild cries and gestures; then he returned, and, still unable to believe the evidence of hi...

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... SERIES PUBLICA TION Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...eal life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. Returning home on the day of the attempt on Mr. de... ...ation shall come out of Russia. Ha! you say nothing. Y ou are a sceptic. I respect your philosophi- cal scepticism, Razumov, but don’t touch the soul.... ...on’t you forget what’s divine in the Russian soul— and that’s resignation. Respect that in your intellectual rest- lessness and don’t let your arrogan... ...ces. Noisily blundering like a retriever puppy, his elated voice and great gestures filled the bare academy corridors with the joy of thoughtless anim...

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...Excerpt: The sun shone slanting over a spacious park, the undulating ground here turning a broad lawn towards the beams that silvered every blade of grass; there, curving away in banks of velvet green; shadowed by the trees; gnarled old thorns in the holiday suit whence they take their name, giant?s nosegays of horse-chestnuts, mighty elms and stalwart oaks, singly or ...

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...ation Heartsease or Brother’s Wife by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... don’t you get gentility notions; Theodora will never stand them, and will respect you for being independent. However, don’t make too little of yourse... ...f the first place in his love painful, even had his wife been a person she respected and esteemed, but when she saw him, as she thought, deluded and t... ... ‘I should not pass her over; I should assume that her opin- ion was to be respected.’ ‘I can’t be untrue.’ ‘Then try to make it valuable.’ ‘He wants ... ...the feelings of bitter anguish that she per- ceived in his countenance and gestures. She did not know of his expectation that each ring of the bell mi...

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Excerpt: Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling.

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...Excerpt: The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor with-out a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide....

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...y Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic... ...use, you know, and he probably felt the need at last of asserting his self-respect in some way. Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while... ...ly connected with 21 Joseph Conrad the memories of that time. Moreover, I respected the fel- low. Y es; I respected his collars, his vast cuffs, his ... ... night— quite a mutiny. So, one evening, I made a speech in En- glish with gestures, not one of which was lost to the sixty pairs of eyes before me, a... ...thing more. He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect. He inspired uneasiness. That was it! Uneasiness. Not a defi- nite ... ...nknown, and the white men rush- ing out of a tumble-down hovel, with great gestures of joy and surprise and welcome, seemed very strange,—had the appe...

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...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they should or do represent. The book is seemingly set ...

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...ederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz INTRODUCTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courage... ... for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s pro... ... also for its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. In An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility 1 Luther dem... ...s not intended for the rank and file of the Christian congregation. In this respect the treatise stands in contrast with the other five treatises in... ...eceives, reads, and follows this epistle as written for itself in all other respects, why should it not do the same with this portion also? If we adm... ...ning brief statements or “sentences” of the main arguments pro and con with respect to the principal themes in Christian doctrine. The fourth book t... ...ever else is brought to it by way of prayers, preparations, works, signs, or gestures are incitements to impiety rather than exercises of piety. It u... ...ll be. But Christ’s mass was most simple, without any display of vestments, gestures, chants, or other ceremonies, so that if it had been necessary ...