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that mind is able to contemplate them 

 with awe, but without abject fear) the 

 more sublime will be their effects. The 

 most savage rocks, precipices, and cata- 

 racts, as they keep their stations, are only 

 awful; but should an earthquake shake 

 their foundations, and open a new gulph 

 beneath the cataract — he, who removed 

 from immediate danger, could dare at such 

 a moment to gaze on such a spectacle, 

 would surely have sensations of a much 

 higher kind, than those which were im- 

 pressed upon him when all was still and 

 unmoved. 



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