, 1877-12-31
THE first MAN.

THE FlRSI MAN. .,.
t4rqn"ts from fhs tr.ne" ,'1 ~ re en'eao" ar,a""e
Ills first scasatlous, aud his rst fdcus after tho
rrno,Io,1
e'gus.o'. ..''',; .,,,. ,n. mi, =, ,,a o,r.
,a.'. snsn ,s ~, ] ~" ar.t ,,m. " waa % aw,rc =,
my singular existence. did tiot know whit
was. or wlerr I camc from, 1 Iopcnol nv eyes;
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i!o% n's ssnsas1'"s 'asse,ss .n "s % nsM' ,s wv
VAULT u iieaven, tie VcFuofo OIL Luz ear'll, Tue
crystal Of tho ythtn0-intcrcstc
nc. unlimited me. o,,,l cayo me IN tpcxprcssibls
..,,tt,n.nt ~ n,rn.rr. thouoht nj flrnt &l,nt,
s.u.,'e"s 81, ~. oeae "ss ,a 49,. ss ~
myself. was confirming myself III tllis i,aea,
when turned my eyes toward tho sin; It's
hr,ltancr ilistresse.i ms: InyoIuutar,ly closed
...",,,. 10y ,a,t .,t,,ht san.,tio,, - ,,r,of
In thts moment ol dafKhess thougnt tnat haa
lost my ontlre being.
Afflicted a1tl estonis.cd. l wns thinking Of
I'll. r,ro,t cto,1o: ,yl,.n sud,on,v r hco1l
1"ts h'eAT e"HnHs ~. t,.'s. ~, .,..s.'s.
!ne OF the DIR, formed q concert tho sweet In
Gucncc Of which touched my very soul. I
1Iato,c,, n, , lam fine. nnt1 I xonn felt con-
stelsea ~. ~ I' n .e, au ,rso, Int.
WHEEL taat s,s, as .t,t, sh,s .,. ,,art
ua asu III ,ra, 1t,Tt p
!" wv .1." ,,1,,a,s aa ~ .,a ai.sWthn ~
I'LL. .,st ht a1 h.,,a ~ J n1J,",n';,1 vhen
VIII "ns" ~, nua nss Wf., hs,,"Inase Il ,"'.sn.4
onse more no many bf,'"nt IT,, on3ects, T., ~, My
ntasuc @ .",,i,o wv. ..,.,a,,1ai & ~, rhn.,,ns
ti1lc, , anu, & ior "''1e' sespc"oe" '"o eaas''"s
c1eGt IT " aounu. ,. -, .,,,.o,,o ,,eyo,,,. nh.
nAcu 10y VIE % ". .hat .,t..h. 1.n nj ~"
1eels. s uecoseesu tnat .en. 5 T.. ."T. ,. ai ~,
teeoses tseec ~" 49,, .,,a' .arnt ~ III
beautiful part Of myscM' atnl. aithoueh u
sSeMto 70 tne ia"uso " - Ela.IeH., W.. .'u. ~
.ne qustJ& ~ y, a;,,r. ~ ,nntSt ,n, ,is.nvosn
variety y. sn ~ u, ,I,aM nu
snas IL vas s,, H. ~ ano " III IN ,, o,,u and
WIS bca.lsn,uR 70 seo ~,Rua i,nt Snnt'' nnx an1
70 near aitnoat aH!tat'oa, MnSn e.,et t ufgs.e.
whose ilesnncss I'LL, os1aSt " , mG pns.ncs ps.n
tiiat sase ,!Iu ~ .umasn heaa"'e' s"' ea"'s"
Agitatsa hy a.. tsse sGnss.ns; ana oppress,
ca ~ lns a - ~ S n''a sct Esnu vst ~
stMteu!c. saee m .ussf @ aMu s.'i ~ J,sia ~.
0nS stsp ta novey y, NY a.oa ans 1aot ~
s t!n T., ~, ~. ~.
my existence Was IahE ii9ni nc, ior t!o n.osa'
nent naa Maae 1n, LUZ v1!sen A as1nmu 3,a
dcred. ,..a, , .o,.,., nu
put ny mana tq My meaa; as, ! ~ toncheu 1a, =, my
Naha then ~ ~. aMo p.nI.pst .ii.s ~ ~
my existence. "hat lelt WE ~ uistintt ants
~ eomptete. tho en1oftnent OK sp!,sarfa .sa 20
| pettect. eoMpaleu "!tH t.e Wsu.Iso tunL MI III
and souna had caused my; 1hal Ease 'hyscli
W entirely 70 tng saos.an,la! pa.s 81 ny nsinR,
aWt ts4s soas '"J '"s@7 'St"'A@e P'Ses1 "'"
reality.
| Every part Of my bodY tnat toachen aeeMet'
t9 giro back to ny hand feeling 5oF feeling. nna
e&eh toueh produced double ;doa y ny nl9o.
waa not long III discovering that tli!s faculty
or feeling "as spread over every paft OF niy
body. ! soon !ouna utt tue lltnlta OF ny exist.
eucs, which Aad as ''rst seemed =, me Immense
in extent. had cast my eyes over my M'dy;
thought u Of enormous dimensions, 40 large.
Indeed, that all tue objects tbat struck ny a}ea
appeared to the, III comparison. mere lulnlno1S
points: examined myself for ionS time;
| looked at myself with pleasure; io!laWeu ny
hand with NY eJes, and observed all lts move
nents. siy minA was nilet with tue stnnges1
| tlras. thought tue movement ot my hand
was only ktna OF fugitive s1lstsnce,-a suues
a Il |