The quoted passage says some angels fell almost immediately through cursed pride while the rest remained in unbroken contemplative service.
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Contemplation
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"...the office you can see, that they never desert their circling contemplation. The fall had its beginning in the cursed pride of the one..."
"...and their glad looks, their love and wonder and their gentle contemplation, served others as a source of holy thoughts. So much so that..."
"...are the province of philosophy. Morality is faith in full bloom. Contemplation should lead to action, and the absolute be practical. The ideal be..."
"...the here and now and they're only interested in their individual contemplation with the art okay their individual communication and dialogue with"
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