Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6414

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6414. 'Making elegant utterances' means gladness of mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'elegant utterances' as gladness of mind. For all utterances come forth from the mind, and when the mind is glad and cheerful its talk is 'elegant'. The fact that temptations are followed by gladness and joyfulness, see 1992, 3696, 4572, 5628.


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