mound of rock and earth, and its material aspect passing from his mental vision he beheld its spiritual form and wondered at the forces that created it; the voice of the wind, the sigh of the tree, the song of the bird, the light of the stars, all spoke to him in plaintive tones and caused him to open his heart to their several voices; the green of the grass, the bright colors of the flowers, the gorgeous arch of the bow set upon the face of heaven caused him to ponder as to the origin of their beauties. All these things were evidences of life, it is true, but they were without the power of continued existence until they had become a part of man, entered his mind, and been transferred into thought. The mountain, the dale, the plain, the river, the stars, were all facts, but as soon as an understanding of them entered the soul
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