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beauty and glory and perfection of the existing- 

 universe. The sea is none the less great and sub- 

 lime because we cannot till it and build brick cot- 

 tages upon it. Let us recollect that even this 

 earth is mostly water, and restrain our foolish 

 Jiuman desire to find a sort of human fitness and 

 utihtarian proi)riety in every detail of the vast 

 creation. 



