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As noted in his Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, a "great idea" takes a "longer time and deeper thought for [its] full elucidation," but this process of "germination and maturation" will be a "development" only if "the assemblage of aspects, which constitute its ultimate shape, really belongs to the idea from which they start".
the highest and most wonderful truths, though communicated to the world once for all by inspired teachers could not be comprehended all at once by the recipients, but,…have required only the longer time and deeper thought for their full elucidation.
Thus, the 19th-century Roman Catholic cardinal John Henry Newman, in his Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845), argued that the highest and most wonderful truths, though communicated to the world once for all by inspired teachers could not be comprehended all at once by the recipients, but,…have required only the longer time and deeper thought for their full elucidation.
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That was pretty much the deep thought for the afternoon.
(He remains in deep thought for a while — then seems to make a sudden decision and grins sardonically).
(He remains in deep thought for a moment, staring perplexedly around the room — then mutters in a tone of deep self-disgust:) Missed fire, by God! MAJOR (importantly): A damned narrow squeak of it, my dear young chap.
Here's my awkward and ineloquent "really deep thought" for the night.
If both parents have been in deep thought for several days, and both sit down in the living room to tell you that "Honey, I'm very sorry, but your mother and I are splitting" or something along the lines in a very low, calm voice, most likely your parents are never going to change.
Some of them may appear in a book called "Deep Thoughtitos"; it would contain "very short deep thoughts for those times when you feel you can't handle a whole one".
Prompted by these discoveries, on the last day of the fall quarter, I brought in a bunch of "Deep Thoughts" for my student poets to read, discuss and, finally, imitate.
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