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Thunder on the mountain: The image of Preponderance of the Small.
Thus in his conduct the superior man gives preponderance to reverence....
Thunder over the lake: The image of The Marrying Maiden.
Thus the superior man Understands the transitory In the light of the eternity of the end....
Thunder repeated: the image of Shock. Thus in fear and trembling The superior man sets his life in order And examines himself.
Thunder within the earth: The image of The Turning Point.
Thus the kings of antiquity closed the passes At the time of solstice....
Thus adorned, the two heroes, 'twixt shoulder and elbow, Shook hands and went to '
and the word it was bilbow....
Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Epistle to Congreve, Line 19...
Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard III -- Act v, Sc. 2...
Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course, And we are grac'd with wreaths of victory.
-- William Shakespeare, Henry VI. Pt. III. Act V. Sc.3...
Thus far we run before the wind. -- Arthur Murphy (1727-1805) -- The Apprentice, Act v, Sc. 1
Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows.
-- Charles Darwi...

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