DIFFERENT WAYS OF SWIMMING 



empire of the sea, far from being solely a realm of 

 death, is, on the other hand, a place in which living 

 activity is displayed in an unsurpassed degree. We 

 understand the mistakes into which we are easily 

 tempted to fall. We form too many conclusions by 

 considering life in our own image. Life is not neces- 

 sarily bound up with the light and heat which surround 

 us, which we cannot do without. It is vaster, more 

 extensive than we commonly imagine. In many ways 

 it escapes our direct observation. It has its inaccessible 

 attributes which we imagine rather than perceive. 

 The more remote, the more secret, the deeper they 

 are, the more strongly do they impress. 



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