Hot Esty!!!
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They were self-incarnated, if they wished; but their incarnate forms were more analogous to our clothes than to our bodies, except that they were more than are clothes the expression of their desires, moods, wills and functions.
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This is the letter I mentioned above; thanks for hunting it down.
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Originally Posted by Squatter
Originally I was going to post exactly that argument, but it rapidly occurred to me that this is only true when a weaker character on the 'good' side is faced with a more powerful 'evil' character, and in all cases divine providence clearly has a hand.
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The very nub of it, I believe. I brushed up against this point in my dismissal of Essex' reference to David and Goliath, though I failed to package it in such an easy-to-swallow gel-cap.
Anyway, great post with some excellent references. Thanks, Squatter!