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phenomena that are be but a mockery and laughter in 

 our faces, what can we do but turn away from them with 

 abhorrence and contempt? But we cannot think thus 

 meanly of them. If we did so for a moment, and turned 

 toward them again and looked them in the face, they 

 would be more than conquerors over us, they would 

 make us ashamed of our thoughts. "We cannot but 

 think nobly of their nature and birth. Their simplicity 

 and transparent honesty, their beauty and power, render 

 it impossible not to believe their clear and unimpeachable 

 testimony to the source of their existence. 



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