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THE OPAL SEA 



Rvfioestion 

 of the 

 sound. 



Science and 

 aentimeni. 



hildes; and the passing away of the gods from 

 the shores of the earth and the face of the 

 waters. Solemn and deep the sound of the sea 

 like the drums in Siegfried's Death March, tell- 

 ing of a glory that has ended, of an age and a 

 race that are no more. 



Fancy ! pure fancy ! The sea tells no tales. 

 Science can explain the cause of the sound and 

 analyze its notes to a nicety; and psychology 

 can tell us just why and how our minds make 

 a mountain out of the mole hill. Yes ; but the 

 romance is none the less real for that. It is 

 only a clashing of water on the beach, if you 

 please, but to those who have imagination and 

 feeling it may be freighted with many mean- 

 ings. The glamour of the world, the storm of 

 passion, the stress of living, the peace of pass- 

 ing — songs of the soul, choral hymns, and fu- 

 neral dirges — all are there. Like the strung 

 strings of a harp each one of us may vibrate 

 to a different note, but somewhere in the sym- 

 phony of the sea there is the note that strikes 

 its responsive chord in each. Science may be 

 true — indisputably so — but it does not follow 

 therefrom that sentiment is false. 



Why are 

 not both of 

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