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ouf飞writtue aud 大harhttfheaghyoueeuian,dne,ine:aa teantynetot ra thtt taae  \n|  |\n| --- |\n\n\n| The  \u003Cbr>Inner Beauty  \u003Cbr>Maurice Maeterlinck  \u003Cbr>New York  \u003Cbr>A.L.Chatterton Company   |\n| --- |\n\n# THE INNER BEAUTY\n\nNoTHING in the whole world is soathirst for beauty as the soul,nor isthere anything to which beauty clingsso readily.  \nThere is nothing in the world capableof such spontaneous uplifting,of suchspeedy ennoblement;nothing that of-fers more scrupulous obedience to thepure and noble commands it receives.  \nThere is nothing in the world thatyields deeper submission to the empireof a thought that is loftier than otherthoughts.And on this earth of oursthere are but few souls that can with-7  \nTHE INNER BEAUTY.  \nstand the dominion of the soul that hassuffered itself to become beautiful.  \nIn all truth might it be said thatbeauty is the unique aliment of oursoul,for in all places does it search forbeauty,and it perishes not of hungereven in the most degraded of lives.Forindeed nothing of beauty can pass byand be altogether unperceived.Per-haps does it never pass by save onlyin our unconsciousness,but its action isno less puissant in gloom of night thanby light of day;the joy it procures maybe less tangible,but other differencethere is none.  \nLook at the most ordinary of men,ata time when a little beauty has con-trived to steal into their darkness.They have come together,it matters notwhere,and for no special reason;butno sooner are they assembled than their","cbCaiktLHLNw7Tbr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiktLHLNw7Tbr","pdf",1694551,76,"English","# The Inner Beauty\n## The Soul's Thirst for Beauty\n## The Power of Noble Thoughts\n## The Unconscious Influence of Beauty","[{\"question\":\"What does Maurice Maeterlinck consider to be the primary nourishment of the soul?\",\"answer\":\"Maeterlinck posits that beauty is the unique aliment of the soul, which seeks it out in all places and circumstances.\"},{\"question\":\"How does 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