THE DEEP SEA 



conquered the abyssal desert, that this by-way is full 

 of living creatures which will scarcely be baffled by 

 any difficulties. They have conquered the desert of 

 the great deeps ; they have peopled the floor of the 

 sea with forms just as beautiful and fit and healthy 

 as we find anywhere else. Animate Nature is like 

 the embodiment of a thought, 



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