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ture, that we make her give us food and 

 house, that she turns mills and propels 

 ships for us ; love and questioning of her 

 mean more than that : they signify an effort 

 spiritually to envelop her ; they prove an 

 aspiration in the soul of man toward uni- 

 versality toward godhood. That is their 

 drift. To what will it lead ? 



