To be at all
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[begin leaf 1 recto]
To be at all—what is
greater
better
than that?
I think if there were nothing more developed,
the clam in its callous shell in
the sand, were august enough.—| I am not in any callous shell; I am cased with supple conductors,
all over; They take every object by the hand, and
lead it within me.— They are thousands, each one with his entry
to himself; They are always watching with their little
eyes, from my head to my feet. One no more than apencil's point, ^lead,
lets in
and out of me,of me more bliss
than I thought the spheres
could carry.
such bliss and magnitude, I think
I couldthen
dash lift
put
the girder
ofthe earth
^a globe
the house
away if it lay between
me ^then and whatever I wanted.— [begin leaf 1 verso]
To be at all—what is
the clam in its callous shell in
the sand, were august enough.—| I am not in any callous shell; I am cased with supple conductors,
all over; They take every object by the hand, and
lead it within me.— They are thousands, each one with his entry
to himself; They are always watching with their little
eyes, from my head to my feet. One no more than a
and out of me,
than I thought the spheres
could carry.
such bliss and magnitude, I think
I could
of
me ^then and whatever I wanted.— [begin leaf 1 verso]
