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Thought for the Day 19 February 2009

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Thursday, February 19th, 2009
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To understand that we have souls, is to feel our separation from things visible, our independence of them, our distinct existence in ourselves, our individuality, our power of acting for ourselves this way or that way, our accountableness for what we do.

From the sermon ‘The Immortality of the Soul’ (1833) Click here for the full text (leaves site)