At this solemn moment, he would like to have some rare, sublime experience — hear a message from the world beyond — send his thought flying into ethe… - André Gide

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At this solemn moment, he would like to have some rare, sublime experience — hear a message from the world beyond — send his thought flying into ethereal regions, inaccessible to mortal senses. But no! his thought remains obstinately grovelling on the earth;