PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
McClintock & Strong Cyclopaedia — Volume 3
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ELIADAH 139 ELLMI least very doubtful whether that word, which literalh' means viastt7;2)roprietor, husband, and is often used in the earlier Scriptures inotlensively (^sec Gesenius,77(es. p. •>-24), in David's time had acquired the bad sense which Baal-\vors\n\> in Israel afterwards imparted to it. It is much to th…
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3. The original name of Jehoiakim (q. v.), king of Judah (2 Kings xxiii, 34 ; 2 Chron. xxxvi, 4j. 4. Son of Abiud and father of Azor, of the poster- ity of Zerubbaljel (i\Iatt. i, 13). He is probably iden- tical with the SiiECHANiAH (q. v.) of 1 Chron. iii, 21 (Strong's Harinovy and Expos, of the Gospels, p. 11). See …
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grammar procured him the surname of *' the Gramma- rian" (p^ptJ-?"!?)' His first work was a commentary on the Ti^n.'J (^Makalak), or grammar of the rabbi Mo- ses Kimchi, first published by a certain Benjamin who had stolen the MS. (at Pesaro, 1508 ; frequently re- printed, with a Latin translation bj' Sebastian Miin- s…
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6. A son of Elioenai, and member of tlie latest fam- ily of the lineage of Zerubbabel, mentioned in the Old Test. (1 Chron. iii, 24). B.C. 406. Eli'asib ('EXtoiri/Sof), the Grjecized form (1 Esdr. ix, 1) of the name of the high-priest Eliashib (q. v.). Eli'asis CEXidatg v. r. 'EXu'kthc), a name given (1 Esdr. ix, .34…
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ELIEZER 142 ELIEZER BEN-NATHAN ("r'^3""|2, paraphrased l)y "one born in mine house") is niiiio lieir." This removes every objection to Elie- zer's buinq; of Damascus, anil enables us to dispense with tlie tradition; for it is no longer necessary to sup- pose that Eliezcr was a house-born slave, or a servant at all, a…
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Eliezer ben- Judah (sometimes called Ei.eazar Garjiiza, but apparently without good reason), of "Worms, the son of Kalon} nios of Mentz, was one of the most distinguished Rabbins of the 13th century. He was a pupil of Judah the Saint, and died in 1238. He wrote thirty works, of which only a few have been printed. The p…
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Elihoe'nai (Heb. Ehjehoeynay' , '^Jil^'ifTilfiX, to- ward .Tehwdh are my eyis), the name of two men. See also Elioenai and Elienai. 1. (Sept. 'EXuorjvai v. r. 'EX(aivai,Yulg. Elioenai.} The seventh and yoimgest son of Meshelemiah (q. v.) the Levite, of the time of David (1 Chron. xxvi, 3, where the name is improperly …
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5. (Sept. 'E\(n'i5.) A chief of the tribe of Judah, said to be " of the brethren of David" (1 Chron. xxvii, 18), and hence supposed by some to have been his old- est brother Eliab (1 Sam. xvi, 6). B.C. 1013 or ante. Eli'jah (Heb. Eliyah' , iT?X, whose God is Jehovah, 2 Kings i, 3, 4, 8, 12 ; 1 Chron. viii, 27; Ezra x,…
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3. History. — The northern kingdom had at this time forsaken almost entirely the faith in Jehovah. The worship of the calves had been a departure from him, it was a violation of his command against material resemblances ; but still it would appear that even in the presence of the calves Jehovah was acknowledged, and th…
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His next refuge, under the divine guidance (1 Kings xvii, 9), was at Zarephath, a Phoenician town lying between Tyre and Sidon, certainly the last place at which the enemy of Baal would be looked for. The widow woman in whose house he lived is thought, however, to have been an Israelite, and no Baal-wor- shipper, by so…
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There arc few more sublime stories in history than this. On the one hand the solitary servant of Jeho- vah, accompanied b}' his one attendant, with his wild shaggy hair, his scanty garb, and sheepskin cloak, but with calm dignity of demeanor, and the minutest reg- ularit}' of procedure ; on the other hand, the prophets…
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ELIJAH 147 ELIJAPI says of him, that he was a man of like passions with us'. His now altered state of mind would seem to have arisen out of an exaggerated expectation of what God designed to effect through the miracles exhibited to, and the judgments poured upon this guilty nation. He seems to have thought that, as …
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Three commands were laid on him — three changes were to be made. Instead of Ben-hadad, Hazael was to be king of Syria ; instead of Ahab, Jehu the son of Nimshi was to be king of Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat was to be his own successor. These per- sons shall revenge God's quarrels: one shall begin, another shal…
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(3.) A space of three or four years now elapses (comp. 1 Kings xxii, 1 ; xxii, 51 ; 2 Kings i, 17) be- fore we again catch a glimpse of Elijah. The denun- ciations uttered in the Vineyard of Naboth have been partly fulfilled. Ahab is dead, and his son and suc- cessor, Ahaziah, has met with a serious accident, after a t…
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ELmm 149 ELIJAH places (2 Kings iii, 1 ; viii, 16), vet it is not invali- dated, and the conclusion is almost inevitable that Joram ascended the throne as viceroy or associate some 3'ears before the death of his father. See Jo- ram ; Jehosmaphat; Judaii. The ancient Jewish commentators get over the apparent difficul…
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them as if they were an enemy (^122) ; and tbey are divided hither and thither, and they two go over oa dry gi-ound. What follows is best told in the simple words of the narrative. "And it came to pass wdien they were gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, 'Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken awa}' from thee…
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In the Talmud (see the passages cited bj' Hambur- ger, Rcal-EncyU. s. v. Eliahu) he is recorded as having often appaared to the wise and good rabbis — at prayer in the wilderness, or>on their journej's — generally in the form of an Arabian merchant (Eisenmenger, i, 11 : ii, 402-7). At the circumcision of a child a seat…
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2. (Sei)t. HAi'a v. r. 'EpiV;.) One of the " sons of Jeroham," and heads of Benjamite families resident at Jerusalem (1 Chron. viii, 27, where the name is in- accurately Anglicized " Eliah"). B.C. post 1612. 3. (Sept. 'HAirt.) One of the "sons of Elim" (q. v.), who divorced his Gentile wife on returning from the exile…
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6. (Sept. ' EXiioip'ri'i , V. r. 'EAioji'vat and 'EXiSrei'dv, Vulg. Elioenai.) Eldest son of Meariah, son of She- maiah, of the descendants of Zerubbabel ; his family are the latest mentioned in the Old Test. (1 Chron. iii, 23, 24). B.C. ante 280. He appears to be the same with EsLi, of the maternal ancestry of Christ …
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El'iphal (Heh.Eliphal', ^S"ibx, God is Ms judge; Sept. 'K\i(iiau\ v. r. 'E\(/inV, Vulg. EUphaV), son of Ur (((. v.), and one of David's fiimous guard (1 Chron. xi, 35). B.C. 1016. In the parallel passage (2 Sam. xxiii, 34) he seems to be called " Ei.iriiKi.ET, the son of Ahasljai (q. v.), the son of the ^laachathite ;"…
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4. (Sept. 'E\((;()«/\fr,Vulg. Eliphalet.) The third of the three sons of Eshek, of the posterity of Benjamin, and a descendant of king Saul through Jonathan (1 Chron. viii, 39). B.C. ante 530. 5. (Sept. 'EXifaXa^! v. r. 'EXKpaXdr, Vulg. Elijjke- kf.) One of the sons of Adonikam, who returned from Baiij'lon with his tw…
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There are several considerations from which the in- completeness of the records of Elisha's life may lie in- ferred: («.) The alisence of marks b}' which to deter- mine the dates of the various occurrences. The '■ king of Israel" is continually mentioned, but we are left to infer what king is intended (2 Kings v, 5, 6,…
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she-bears to emerge from the neighboring -wood and punish the young delinquents. It is not said that they were actually killed (the expression is "p3, to rend, which is peculiarly applicable to the claws of the bear). This fate maj' indeed have befallen some of the party, but it is by no means probable in regard to the…
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[i.] After an interval of several years, the boy is old enough to accompany his father to the corn-field, where the harvest is proceeding. The fierce rays of the morning sun are too powerful for him, and (affect- ed apparently by a mn-stroke") he is carried home to his mother only to die at noon. She says nothing of th…
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(8.) The simple records of these domestic incidents amongst the sons of the prophets are now interrupted b}' an occurrence of a more important character (2 Kings V, 1-27). The chief captain of the army of Syria, to whom his country was indebted for some sig- nal success (the tradition of the Jews is that it was Naaman …
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sequent on the estimation in which the master was held, or from some other cause, their habitation had become too small — "The place in which we sit before thee is too narrow for us." The}' will therefore move to the close neighborhood of the Jordan, and cutting down beams — each man one, as M'ith curious minute- ness …
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(11. ") But the king of Syria could not rest under such dishonor. He abandons his marauding system, and gathers a regular army, with which he lays siege to Samaria. The awful extremities to which the in- habitants of the place were driven need not here be re- called. Roused by an encounter with an incident more ghastly…
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(13.) Hitherto we have met with the prophet only in his own countiy. We now find him at Damascus. (The traditional spot of his residence on this occasion is shown in the synagogue at Jobar [?Hobah], a vil- lage about two miles E. of Damascus. The same vil- lage, if not the same building, also contains the cave in which…
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(15.) Beyond tiiis we have no record of Elisha's having taken any part in the revolution of Jehu, or the events which followed it. He does not again ap- pear till we find him on his deatli-bed in his own house (xiii, 1-1-10). Joash, the grandson of Jehu, is now king, and he has come to weep over the approaching de]):ir…
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ELISHA 159 ELISHA parting, does not anywhere appear, but there is no liint of his ever having worn it. Elijah was emphat- ically a destroyer. His mission was to slay and to demolish wliatever opposed or interfered with the rights of Jehovah, the Lord of Hosts. The nation had adopted a god of power and force, and the…
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Elisha is canonized in the Greek Church ; his day is the 14th of June. Under that date, his life, and a collec- tion of the few traditions concerning him — few indeed when compared with those of Elijah — may be found in the Acta Sancto?-uin. In the time of Jerome a "mau- soleum" containing his remains was shown at Sama…
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Smith, s. V. Schulthess (Paradies, p. 264), without the slightest probability, argues in favor of a position on the western coast of Africa, on the ground of the resemblance to Elisa as the Phoenician name of Car- thage. See Ethnology. Elish'ama (Rah. Elishama' , "'Sd'^^X, whom God has heard), the name of several men.…
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On the accession of her brother Edward VI she en- countered other risks than those she had been previ- ously exposed to. In her infancy her hand had been designed for the duke of Orleans, third son of Francis I ; it was offered to the earl of Arran, and declined Vty him ; it was then proposed for Philip of Spain. Un- d…
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Nearly all omens were adverse. The state was di- vided into factions — all opposed to her. Foreign states were hostile or indifferent in interest and in sentiment. Her title was most questionalde, if not utterlj' invalid. She had no support but her own brave heart, the pa- triotic antipath}' of her people to foreign ru…
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Her religious policy was hostile alike to Pioman Cath- olics and Puritans ; yet Howard of Effingham, -who commanded the navies of England against the Span- ish Armada, belonged to the Roman communion ; and nearly all her chief ministers were supporters of the Puritan doctrine. There seems to be substantial truth in the…
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The first twenty years of Elizabeth's reign were oc- cupied in consolidating her throne, by averting foreign aggression through the encouragement given bj- her to the insurgents in each neighboring state, by sup- pressing disorder and divisions at home, and by pro- moting Protestant interests at home and abroad. The ne…
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Pressburg in 1207. When only four years old she was destined by her father to become the wife of Ludwig, oldest son of land^^rave Hermann of Thuringia. ISlie was innuediately sent to the court of the landgrave, at tlie Wartburg, for her education, and on her arrival was betrothed to Ludwig. She early showed a re- marka…
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Eliz'aphan (Heb. Elifsaphan' , ISl^'bx, whom God has j»vfecied ; Sept. 'E/\(ito0«'j'), the name of two men. 1. Second son of Uzziel, and chief of the Kohathite Levites at the Exode (Num. iii, 30 : Exod. vi, 22). B.C. 1G57. He, with his elder brother, was directed by ]\Ioses to carry awa}- the corpses of tlieir sacrile…
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6. An officer in the household of Ahaz, king of Ju- dah, and slain by Zichri the Ephraimite, when Pekah invaded Judah ; apparently the second in command under the pra>fect of the palace (2 Chron. xxviii, 7). B.C. 739. Josephus says that he was the general of the troops of Judah, and that ho was merelj' carried into cap…
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El'kosh (dpbx, i. e. God is its bow, see Fiirst, Hebr. Handw. s. v.), the birthplace of the prophet Na- hum, hence called " the Elkoshite" (Nah. i, 1). Two wideh' differing Jewish traditions assign as widely different localities to this place. In the time of Je- rome it was believed to exist in a small village of Galil…
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ELLERIANS 167 ELLIS her first marriage, believed this announcement, and the unfortunate woman was consequently subjected to the utmost indignities and tribulations for about six months, when death put an end to her sufferings. Al- most immediately after her burial EUer married Anna von Buchel. His society was now de…
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Elliott, Charles. See p. 1042 of this vol. Elliott, John, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born at Killingworth, Conn., Aug. 24, 1768, grad- uated at Yale College 1786, entered the ministry 1791, and was installed pastor in East Guilford Nov. 2, 1791, in which place he remained until the close of his life, Dec. 17…
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Elna'than [some El'nathan'\ (Heb. Elnathan', "rDSX, whom God has given; compare John, Theodore, Diodati^, the name of four leading men. 1. An inhabitant of Jerusalam, father of Nehushta, the mother of king Jehoiachin (2 Kings xxiv, 8, Sept. 'EXvac^civ V. r. 'EWavaa^di^. B.C. ante 598. He was perhaps the same with the …
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2. (Heb. Eylo7i\ ]h''i< and yh^Vi ; Sept. "EXwi^ and Ai'\()/t V. r. 'EX(>!i/(.) A Hittite, father of Bashemath (Gen. xxvi, 34) or Adah ((ien. xxxvi, 3), the first Avife of Esau (q. v.). B.C. ante 1903. 3. (Heb. Elon', 'ibX; Sept. 'AWwv and 'AXXwv v. r. 'Ao()o'jv.) The second of the three sons of Zebu- Ion (Gen. xlvi, …
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Elrington.THE Right Rev. Thomas, lord bishop of Leighlin and F'erns, obtained a scholarship in the University of Dublin in 1778, and in 1781 was elected fellow. In 1794 he was appointed Donellan lecturer at his alma mater; in 1795, professor of mathematics, and in 1806, rector of Ardtree, in the count}' of Tyrone. In 1…
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21. The festival of wood offering (Xylophoria). According to others, this occurred during the prtvious month. 22. A fast in memory of the punishment of the wicked and inconigible Israelites. 2!'. This is the last day of the month, on which the Jews reckoned up the beasts that had been born, the tenths of which belong…
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Ely, so called from a Saxon Avord, elig, an eel, or helig, a willow, a cathedral town in that part of the fen country of Cambridgeshire called the.7s& of Ely, Pop. about 6000. Ely Cathedral. — About the year 673, Etheldreda, daughter of the king of East Anglia, and wife of Os- wy, king of Northumberland, founded a mon…
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divine substance, are gradually absorbed by it. The . religion of the Parsees is also based upon emanation. From the Zeniane akhercne (the uncreated one), Or- muzd and Ahriman proceed as the highest revelation. From Ormuzd and Ahriman all other sulistances em- anate, from the ministering angels down to the beings of th…
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The second mode of embalming cost about 20 minaj. In this case no incision was made in the bod}', nor were the intestines removed, but cedar-oil was injected into the stomach by the rectum. The oil was pre- vented from escaping, and the body was then steeped in natron for the appointed number of days. On the last day t…
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EMBALM 174 EMBALM Swathing a Mummy. (From the Egyptian Monuments.; ty of the bandaging has been the subject of great ad- miration. The strips were very closely bound, and all directions were adopted that could carrj' out this object. Pettigrew is of opinion that they were cer- tainly applied wet. Various amulets an…
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EMBALM 175 EMBER WEEKS etv), that (according to Pettigrew, p, Gl) " appearing ] torn, which, however, was very different in all else that to be precisely the time necessary for the operation of | ralates to the disiwsal of the corpse. See Bukial. the alkali on the animal tihre." This would seem to render it possible…
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Embalming the Dead in ike Christian Church. It was the custom of the early Church to bestow the honor of embalming upon the bodies of martyrs at least. According to an intimation of Tertullian (Apol. cap. 42), the usage appears to have been even generally adopted by Christians in burying their dead. One of the chief in…
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The art of embroidery became hereditarj- in certain families of the Israelites, but finally fell into desuetude (1 Chron. iv, 21). In later times, the Babj'lonians were the most noted of all the Asiatic nations. for the weaving of cloth of different colors, with gold threads introduced into the woof. These Assvrian dr…
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The modern emerald is a species of beryl, of a beau- tiful green color, which occurs in primitive crjstals, and is much valued for ornamental jewelr}'. The finest are olttained from Peru. The mines from wliich. the ancients obtained emeralds are said to have existed in Egypt, near Mount Zabarah. (See the Penny Cyclo- p…
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Emman'uel ('Em.iai'oviiX'), a Grajcized form (Matt, i, 23) of the name Immanuel (q. v.). Eni'maiis ('E/i/zaoi'ir, prob. from Qi^"', hot batJis, see Gen. xxxvi, 24), the name of three places in Pal- estine. 1. A village (kwju?;) 60 stadia (A. V. " furlongs") or 7^ miles from Jerusalem, noted for our Lord's inter- view…
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Dr. Robinson has recently revived the old theorj' that the Emmaus of Luke is identical with Nicopolis, and lias supported it with his wonted learning, but not with his wonted conclusiveness (^Bib. lies, iii, Co, G6 ; Later Hes. p. 148). He endeavors to cast doubts on the accuracy of the reading t^iiKovra in Luke xxiv,1…
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EMMONS 180 EMPEROR •ecular as well as religious affairs. He was a man of authority in his parish, faithful, often stem, yet be- loved.— It is as an author, however, that he has exert- ed his greatest influence on the churches. He pub- lished during his life more than seven thousand copies of nearly two hundred sermo…
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. The following is a complete list of the Roman em- perors, with their respective dates of accession. See each name of ecclesiastical interest in its alphabetical place. r..c. 31. Auiiustus. A 1). U. Tiberius. ST. Caligula. 41. Claudius I. 54. Nero. 6S. Galba. 09. Otho. 69. Vitellius. 69. Vespasian. 76. Titu…
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In 1832 he was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and entered upon his duties at once, not only by attending the annual Conferences, but also by general attention to the interests of the Church. He was espcciallj- active with regard to education, and had a large share in the organization of Dickinson C…
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Emotion (emoreo, to move out) "is often used as synonymous with feeling. Strictly taken, it means 'a .state of feeling which, while it does not spring directly from an affection of bod)', manifests its existence and character by some sensible efl'ect upon the body.' An emotion differs from a sensation by its not origin…
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