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    Heaven And Earth
    Heaven And Earth
    Heaven And Earth
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    Heaven And Earth

    By Tom Morris

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    Have you ever asked yourself why we are so intent on causing misery to each other? Some questions are best left unanswered for the sake of sleeping peacefully at night.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTom Morris
    Release dateMar 21, 2012
    ISBN9781476279398
    Heaven And Earth
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    Tom Morris

    Tom Morris was a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years. Since leaving Notre Dame in 1994, he has gone on to become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the country. Each year he is invited to give keynote addresses at major gatherings of executives at hundreds of the leading companies around the world. The author of True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence, he is also chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he makes his home.

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      Heaven And Earth - Tom Morris

      HEAVEN AND EARTH

      by

      Tom Morris

      Published by Tom Morris at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012, Tom Morris

      There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,

      Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

      Hamlet Act 1, scene 5, 159–167

      Sschai t'aan, Overthrane of Dranemont, Brood Master of the Aextel, stirred and roused himself from sleep. Rising from his pit, he moved to the open window, wiping crusted mucus from his sensoria. Pale aurora flickered across the sky, pink, azure and citrine, the multi-coloured shadows writhing across the outer ramparts, glinting on the coating of ice. Glaciers on the distant mountains glowed with the reflected light, the snow line reaching down almost to the foothills. He stretched, easing the stiffness from his multiple limbs, flexing his scales and scratching an itch on his under body. Crossing to the wall near the chamber door he took up an ancient bronze mace and struck the gong which

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