Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 338

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338. It was shown me, by a mode of communication common in the other life, what the ideas of little children are when they see objects of any kind. Each and every object seemed to them to be alive; and thus in every least idea of their thought there is life. And it was perceived that little children on the earth have nearly the same ideas when they are at play, for as yet they have no such reflection as adults have about what is inanimate.


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