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Gratitude (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠exceeded by what one owes to those who saved one's family: acknowledgement goes much further.

Gratitude (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a wonder of the human heart, the nations praising God for a kindness shown not to them but to Israel, and content to be its witnesses.

Gratitude (n.) before ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠God is already gratitude for the state of gratitude, the appeal understood in the response, the provocation heard in my own invocation.

Gratitude (n.) poured ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠out to all who are good to us may risk multiplying cults — and "We give thanks, we give thanks" is silenced as if addressed to two Powers.

Gratitude (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠voice the first word of revelation, which perhaps must come from man — as in the ancient Jewish prayer that gives thanks not for what one receives but for the very fact of giving thanks.