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 In a narrow circle the mind contracts.
 Man grows with his expanded needs.
  [Ger., Im engen Kreis read more 
 In a narrow circle the mind contracts.
 Man grows with his expanded needs.
  [Ger., Im engen Kreis verengert sich der Sinn.
   Es wachst der Mensch mit seinen grossern Zwecken.] 
 And so all growth that is not towards God
 Is growing to decay.  
 And so all growth that is not towards God
 Is growing to decay. 
He who moves not forward, goes backward
He who moves not forward, goes backward
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will read more
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.
 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; read more 
 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God 
which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be read more 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. 
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
 Treading beneath their feet all visible things,
 As steps that upwards to their Father's throne
  Lead gradual.  
 Treading beneath their feet all visible things,
 As steps that upwards to their Father's throne
  Lead gradual.