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I loaded with foreign luxures 10 satisfy
, thy wishes
: What delicious world said the
: old man, transported with ecstasy. And
shall | enjoy all those blessings before
, the old woman is awake
'Perchancc before another breath is
expelled from her lungs. or before her
/ blood calls for another beating Of her
. heart
: Let US proceed then without delay.
Thou mayest proceed; as for me,
my abode is in the film of golden clouds,
IN the drops of the evening rain bow:
or may ride on the first ray that gilds
the sky at dawn. But must part from
the earthly king, and leave thee to the
guidance of thy own spirit
Before you depart then. will you
not explain the mystery Of all this to
me' Where am I now, Where is
this world situa,ed:"
Till now, never did I vouchsafe TO
disclose the secrets Of immensely; but
once, to thee, l will divulge the nature
Of universal order. When thou didst
see my visible existence rise from a
drop of thickened vapor, little didst
thou think that IN it there existed world
as vast as this, yet nothing is more true.
|, The smallest atom which the eye can
scarce discern when floating in sun ray
an dvkened space, can still be divided
IN as many parts as yon bcetling rock
and each minute division Of that atom,
irn-enSvoI Of 10. H..
is ever capable OF infinite division; and
thus rain-drop in thy world is capable
Of containing not only a world seeming.
ly as large TO its comparatively small in
habitants, but an endless number con-
tanned one within the other
i could till now form a tolerably
clear idea of one thing holding another.
as for instance our old !each's bill box
, es, but there always found one the
smallest and the last; as to our worlds,
| there seems to be no end
No end
But are you not testing with doat-
r ing old man, and can you convince me
that yonder swarming city. those plains
and mountains. those rivers and that
I, boundless sea could all be enclosed in
drop of water whit h could scarcely
, quench the thirst Of beetle or bee:
. 'Ofthy world thou mcanest; and there
, is no greater truth
And how small then is the last
world;' said the forgctful old man.
There is no last; and this sphere i.
as vast when compared with the next
, as thine is to this
, But can comprehend that |, 50
much larger than the drop, can fee. SO
small near that mighty mountain, whose
top methinks is buried in never melting
snow
] Thou still speakest as existing in thy
t larger world. Thy material self is
changed in size, and thou at here pro-
portionally as small as before the Alpine
, hills which thou didst once behold
When boy. didst thou not often watch
. the little gilded fly which chance threw
t wingless in thy cup, and was not the
liquid an ocean and thy nose mountain
10 the mite,'
? True
But the simile employed to touch
5 thy dull understanding. gives but a
slight shadow of the truth. Thy body
in the present state, is so diminished
I IN relative size that, in thy world, no
2 pyramid of orb-like crystals employed
= to swell the forms of smaller atoms.
r could bring thy figure in contact with
c the observing eye, vert thou as large as
J; thy palace and its walls"
4 Il like not being so small own
How large then must the old woman
= aPpeR when see her 20
: In Thy minute state, vert thou plac-
= ed upon her chin, thou couldst not
= even know her presence, such are the
comparative limits of thy sight and
: other senses that thou wouldst see
n nought but the cerulean sky, and hear
h no sound but from the component parts
. of this Obj
p II she knew how little I am, how
= much more Insignificant then would
h she think me now. and say il too
n i warned thee against such thoughts;
4 cast them Oft fthou wouldst long abide
n under my sway
nj i will II can. Stay yet, patient
4 angel, have one word more to ask
D How can time be longer here thar
n there for although can now imagine
: your relative diminuiion Of objects
n yet cannot understand how minutei
G there can be ages here. Time i,
time
i Time Is not time when the meas
d ure Of another world is applied 90 this
n Duration j. a. relative as size. Thos,
a little mites which IN thy world live anc
, die IN one hour. must have had a birth
r growth, disease and passions. and al
the changes incident 10 animated mat
3 ter. Yet tho smallest Is as large, nay
d larger than this vast ard varied world
y Know thou that whilst thy foot, wher
e about 20 take the last step in thy formc
g sphere. travelled a distance which thi
: orb cannot travel in a month, thy sub
o iects have witnessed here twice fift,