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    O Holy Wisdom, Soaring Power, encompass us with wings unfurled,
    and carry us, encircling all, above, below, and through the world.
    Hildegard Von Bingen (1078–1179)

    O Holy Wisdom, Soaring Power, encompass us with wings unfurled,
    and carry us, encircling all, above, below, and through the world.
    Hildegard Von Bingen (1078–1179)

    National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten the arrival of that age.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    O Holy Wisdom, Soaring Power, encompass us with wings unfurled,
    and carry us, encircling all, above, below, and through the world.
    —Hildegard Von Bingen (1078–1179)