spirit
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"SPIRIT OF SCROOGE" Assange and his lawyers have voiced fears that U.S. prosecutors may be preparing to indict him for espionage over WikiLeaks' publication of the documents.
From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2010
I freely own there is no other substance, in a strict sense, than SPIRIT.
From Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by Berkeley, George
So we may then assume that this Divine Nature or substance is SPIRIT, which we will think of as Infinite Mind, for want of a better form of conception.
From A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga by Atkinson, William Walker
The powerful cause, therefore, of my ideas is in strict propriety of speech a SPIRIT.
From Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by Berkeley, George
We mean that which the illumined souls mean when they reverently pronounce the word: "SPIRIT!"
From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates
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Native American History - Introductory
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