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In this contrast of the potential with the actual, modern physics is turning to account the most familiar of Aristotelian distinctions that between dunamis and energeia. That kinetic energy appears to be imparted by impact is a fact of daily and hourly experience: we see bodies set in motion by bodies, already in motion, which seem to come in contact with them.
To the unprogressive ritual element it brought these conceptions, itself he pterou dunamis, the power of the wing an element of refinement, of ascension, with the promise of an endless destiny. While the ritual remains fixed, the aesthetic element, only accidentally connected with it, expands with the freedom and mobility of the things of the intellect.
This growth of the work, owing, no doubt, much to him, is a proof of God's blessing on him. 'I pray God that this may be a little gleam of light to cheer you, dear friends, on your far more toilsome and darksome path. It is a little indeed in one sense; yet to me, who know the insufficiency of the human agency, it is a proof indeed that the Gospel is dunamis Theou eis soterian.
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