![]() Ah! sir, live-live in the bosom of the waters! There only is independence! There I recognise no masters! There I am free!"-Ch. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. The globe began with sea, so to speak and who knows if it will not end with it? In it is supreme tranquillity. ![]() ![]() In fact, Professor, Nature manifests herself in it by her three kingdoms-mineral, vegetable, and animal. It is nothing but love and emotion it is the 'Living Infinite,' as one of your poets has said. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. ![]()
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