Walter Benjamin, the German literary critic, once wrote, "No translation would be possible if in its ultimate essence it strove for likeness to the original."

That program reads, "The ultimate essence ... of the symphony is Life.

Presently he read aloud: "This water is the ultimate essence, a source of outward streaming creativity.

Medallions, worked in turquoise, seed pearls, garnets and coral, furnish the ultimate essence of luxe.

"In its ultimate essence, this is the case."

I'm not looking for the ultimate image, the ultimate essence of someone.

In his view, Zen embodies the ultimate essence of all philosophy and religion.

Gradually he oriented on his target: his own ultimate essence.

He was an ultimate essence of goodness.

More important still was a programme he roughed out, possibly at the same time: "The ultimate essence ... of the symphony is Life.