William Ernest Hocking (1873–1966) American philosopher
Source: The Meaning of God in Human Experience (1912), Ch. XIV : The Need of an Absolute, p. 198.
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“Sometimes, mortals did indeed forget. Sometimes, mortals needed … reminding.”
Steven Erikson book Toll the Hounds
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