eternity

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It explains immortality in general, and it does so in a remarkable way by identifying it with eternity--with the eternity which is essentially the medium of thought.

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  1. noun Time without beginning or end; infinite time.
  2. noun The state or quality of being eternal.
  3. noun The timeless state following death.
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  • I may be on the brink of eternity, and, as I hope forgiveness from my Maker, I have written this letter with sincerity toward you, and from love for my country This noble and earnest exposition of his opinion, upon the proper mode of conducting the war, will reflect honor upon General McClellan when his military achievements are forgotten. —  A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
  • After an eternity, the plane began to descend toward New York City. —  Meyer, Stephenie - New Moon
  • Its spirit is of eternity, and befits an epoch when wickedness and perfidy so impudently triumph, and the best blood of the generous and honorable is poured out like water, seemingly in vain. —  Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Vol. II
  • As I like to say, perhaps too often for it to matter, we live on the edge of eternity - in other words, he's always ever the one who is, who was, and who is coming ... any minute now, any minute now. —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • 3: Further, that is predestinated from eternity which is to take place at some time. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
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  1. Middle English eternite, from Old French, from Latin aeternitās, from aeternus, eternal; see eternal.

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  1. from Middle English eternite, eternytee, from Old French eternite, French éternité = Provencal eternitat = Spanish eternidad = Portuguese eternidade = Italian eternità, from Latin æternita(t-)s, eternity, from æternus, eternal: see etern.
 

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