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We ought to celebrate this hour by expressions of manly joy. Not thanks, not prayer seem quite the highest or truest name for our communication with the infinite,-but glad and conspiring reception,-reception that becomes giving in its turn, as the receiver is only the All-Giver in part and infancy.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker proposes joy as the fullest response to the infinite. Receiving gladly becomes more than gratitude: it prepares the receiver to give in turn. The passage imagines human generosity as a developing share in a larger source of giving, joining celebration with participation.
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