“Thought is the medially between earth and world. The broader the magnitude of his reach, the more painful man's tragic limitation. Thought is the medially between earth and world. The broader the magnitude of his reach, the more painful man's tragic limitation. To get where motion is interminate.”
IIII.37, The Arrow. p. 54
1921 - 1930, Pedagogical Sketch Book, (1925)
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