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[From Huxley's translation of Goethe's Aphorisms.] 



mature ! Me are surroun&eD anO embraceD bg ber : 

 powerless to separate ourselves from ber, an& powerless 

 to penetrate begonB ber. . . . 



"Me live (n ber ml&st aiiO fenow ber not, Sbe Is incess= 

 antlg speatiing to us, but betrags not ber secret. . . . 



Sbe rejoices In Illusion. Mboso Sestrogs It In blmselt 

 anO otbers, blm sbe punlsbes wltb tbe sternest tgranng. 

 TlHlboso follows ber In faltb, blm sbe takes as a cbllO to ber 

 bosom. 



Sbe wraps man In &arftness, an& makes blm for ever 

 long for Ifgbt. Sbe creates blm &epen&ent upon tbe eartfj, 

 &ull an& beavg ; anb get Is alwags sbahlng blm until be 

 attempts to soar above it. . . . 



J praise ber an& all ber works. 



Sbe bas brougbt me bere and will also leab me awag. 

 3- trust ber. Sbe mag scoia me, but sbe will not bate ber 

 work. 3t was not 3 wbo spoke of ber. IRo ! XKIlbat is false 

 an& wbat is true, sbe bas spoken it all. ^be fault, tbe merit, 

 is all bers. . . . 



Bverg one sees ber in bis own fasbion. Sbe bi&es un&er 

 a tbousanD names anO pbrases, anD is alwags tbe same, 



5 praise ber an& all ber works. Sbe Is silent anD wise. 3 

 trust ber. 



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