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The Source of Man's “Intimations of Immortality”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Joan Fitzherbert*
Affiliation:
Derwen Fawr, Swansea, Glamorgan
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To Wordsworth, the source of these “intimations” seemed clear; it will be remembered that in the Ode bearing this title he says:

“Not in entire forgetfiulness,

And not in untter nakedness,

But trailing clouds of glory do we come

From God, who is our home:

Heaven lies about us in our infancy!“

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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