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She makes a distinction between spirit as the pure intelligence; soul, the ideal of this individual man; and nerve-spirit, the dynamic of his temporal existence.
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 Margaret Fuller 1830
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If only my soul were bound more firmly to the nerve-spirit, it might be bound more closely with the nerves themselves; but the bond of my nerve-spirit is always becoming looser. "
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 Margaret Fuller 1830
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