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  2. Jephtha (Handel) - Wikipedia

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    In the autograph score, at the end of the chorus "How dark, O Lord, are thy decrees" he wrote "Reached here on 13 February 1751, unable to go on owing to weakening of the sight of my left eye." The story revolves around Jephtha's rash promise to the Almighty that if he is victorious, he will sacrifice the first creature he meets on his return.

  3. The Spectacles (short story) - Wikipedia

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    When the elder Madame Lalande discovered that he had mistaken her for a young woman because of his eyesight, and that he had been openly courting her instead of being civil to a relative, she decided to play a trick on him with the help of Talbot and another confederate. Their wedding was a fake.

  4. This Immortal - Wikipedia

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    The book may be read either way.” [4] In keeping with this, some of the clues that Conrad may be Pan are that Conrad's surname Nomikos recalls Nomios (one of Pan's titles), he plays a syrinx (panpipes) in the novel, he may be immortal, and he has a disfigured appearance (limp, scarred face, and heterochromia).

  5. The Invisible Man - Wikipedia

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    [4] Another influence on The Invisible Man was Plato's Republic, a book which had a significant effect on Wells when he read it as an adolescent. In the second book of the Republic , Glaucon recounts the legend of the Ring of Gyges , which posits that, if a man were made invisible and could act with impunity, he would "go about among men with ...

  6. Healing the man with a withered hand - Wikipedia

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    Jesus Heals the Man with a Withered Hand by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (1684) According to St. Jerome, in the Gospel which the Nazareni and Ebionites use, which was written in Hebrew and according to Jerome was thought by many to be the original text of the Gospel of Matthew, the man with the withered hand, was a mason.

  7. Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s new guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and ...

  8. Till We Have Faces - Wikipedia

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    Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is a 1956 novel by C. S. Lewis.It is a retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius.This story had haunted Lewis all his life, because he believed that some of the main characters' actions were illogical. [1]

  9. Moral Injury: Healing - The Huffington Post

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    For help with moral injury or other mental health issues. The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury’s 24/7 live chat outreach center (also at 866-966-1020 or email resources@dcoeoutreach.org). The Pentagon website Military OneSource for short-term, non-medical counseling.