discerner

Elle pourrait tomber dans les cœurs de ceux qui nous entourent, mais nous ne la discernerons ni ne la recevrons ».
It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it.
Là où nos esprits finis ne trouvaient que de la confusion et des promesses inaccomplies, nous discernerons la plus parfaite et la plus belle harmonie.
Where our finite minds discovered only confusion and broken promises, we shall see the most perfect and beautiful harmony.
Là où nous n'avons aperçu que de la confusion et des déceptions, des propos incohérents et des plans inachevés, nous discernerons un dessein grandiose, une volonté souveraine et victorieuse, une harmonie divine. — Education, 305 (1903) — Éducation, 337.
Where to us have appeared only confusion and disappointment, broken purposes and thwarted plans, will be seen a grand, overruling, victorious purpose, a divine harmony.—Education, 305 (1903).
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