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will on that of the eternal forces ? Do 

 we not give the idea of a singular 

 power, a power almost supernatural, 

 since it inverts a natural order of 

 things? And, although it is prudent to 

 guard against over-ambitious dreams, 

 does not this allow us to hope that we 

 may perhaps learn to elude or to trans- 

 gress other laws no less time-honoured, 

 nearer to ourselves and important in a 

 very different manner? For, in short, 

 all things touch, all things go hand to 

 hand ; all things obey the same invisi- 

 ble principles, the identical exigencies; 

 all things share in the same spirit, in 

 the same substance, in the terrifying 

 and wonderful problem ; and the most 

 modest viftory gained in the matter of 



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