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Excerpt from The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments The Scriptures everywhere postulate intellect - or the absence of it; but only in a small minority Of instances is it dealt with in what may be called the way Of argument, or reasoning. There is no attempt to convert men from their errors by ratiocinative or philosophical processes. A right state of mind is denoted by such words as understanding, or wisdom. This is conceived as the di rect gift of God, and connotes much besides clearness Of intel lectual vision. To the perfection Of wisdom a right state Of the will and affections is assumed as necessary, and thus we are led back to a consideration Of human nature in its totality. The presence of imagination in the Bible will need no proof. Who that has read the Psalms, or the Prophets, or the Apocalypse, can doubt it for a moment? And who will have any more hesita tion in recognizing that the guidance Of the will is perhaps the primary purpose which underlies history and precept, proverb, hymn, and vision Of seer? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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