Word: purposeless
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...indulgence to its dregs; he had been a mockery of himself, but his true self had at length returned. Few of us have ever been in the condition of the prodigal, but in every serious life there comes a similar transition. Our minds may be moving along in a purposeless way, doing its tasks, acquiring and forgetting, when, some day, we may be awakened by a great thought or by some terrible message. Then the tasks of the mind take on a new meaning; the soul weakens to itself. This is the greatest experience a soul can pass through...