By prayer I do not mean a chosen arrangement of words cast toward heaven, but a silent conversation with an ideal of luminous perfection."
• Histoire de ma vie, Part 5, Chap. 13 (trans. from Story of my life: the autobiography of George Sand, A Group Translation, p. 1105. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991)
• Histoire de ma vie, Part 5, Chap. 13 (trans. from Story of my life: the autobiography of George Sand, A Group Translation, p. 1105. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991)
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Je n'appelle pas priere un choix et un arrangement de paroles lancees vers le ciel, mais un entretien de la pensee avec l'ideal de lumiere et de perfections infinies.
— George Sand
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Je n'appelle pas priere un choix et un arrangement de paroles lancees vers le ciel, mais un entretien de la pensee avec l'ideal de lumiere et de perfections infinies." in the context of "By prayer I do not mean a chosen arrangement of words cast toward heaven, but a silent conversation with an ideal of luminous perfection."
• Histoire de ma vie, Part 5, Chap. 13 (trans. from Story of my life: the autobiography of George Sand, A Group Translation, p. 1105. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About George Sand
Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, baronne Dudevant (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), most famous under her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and a pioneer of feminism.
About George Sand
Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, baronne Dudevant (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), most famous under her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and a pioneer of feminism.
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