preexistence

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It is not that there are dim memories of a preexistence before birth, but there are always haunting dreams of a true friendship on earth.

From The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul by Jarrett, Bede

Question.—How many kinds of preexistence and of phenomena are there?

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

How can utter nothingness gallop its steed in the field of preexistence, or a fleeting shadow reach to the everlasting sun?

From The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys by Bahá'u'lláh

Those products which bear the smallest ratio to the total wealth, those which come last in the industrial series and whose creation supposes the preexistence of all the others.

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

If this were so, the case which would be one of latent illness or even of self-suggestion; and the preexistence of the future, without being entirely disproved, would be less clearly established.

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander