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Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 128
e perfectly expressive both of velocity andpower. Recklessness, before unfelt, is manifested in themad, perpetual, changeful, undirected motion, not of waveafter wave as it appears from the shore, but of the verysame water rising and falling. Of waves that successivelyapproach and break, each… … THE SLAVE SHIP 91 successive and continuous functions of life and death. Butit is when we perceive that it is no succession of wave, butthe same water rising, and crashing, and recoiling, androlling in again in new forms and with fresh fury, that weperceive the perturbed spirit and feel the…
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