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Seraphita

By: Honoré de Balzac

...y A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penn-... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penn- sy... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormel... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...s then present and still living, how completely he has been de- ceived. In 1758, shortly after the death of the Prince of Prussia Swedenborg came to c... ...compose it, find little difference between its elements and those of other animals. On the other hand, the idea pro- duced in man by the comparison of... ... Creator, you dwarf Him. He did not create, as you think He did, plants or animals or stars. Could He proceed by a variety of means? Must He not act b... ...ve. Brought by the exaltation of their faculties to a point that cannot be described in any language, they were able to cast their eyes for an instant...

Excerpt: Seraphita by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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