I'm reading Three Philosophical Poets by Santayana at the moment and have had to stop copying out marvellous quotes for fear of transcribing most of the book by hand. It's the kind of book I read with a good dictionary by my side. I hate to think I might be missing out on a gem because the terminology falls outside my narrow seam of understanding.
Today, I discovered "weal" as in "their judgements made their ... sense for impending weal or woe quite overpowering" (90).
Weal: happiness or well-being or prosperity.
At first, I was surprised given the destructive nature or history behind "weal" as in "welt," the mark of healed wound. But perhaps a healed wound is,in is own way, a mark of well-being.
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