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the Nile through all his passage; pass over to distant regions, and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other!"
"All this, said the prince, is much to be desired, but I am afraid that no man will be able to breathe in these regions of speculation and tranquility. I have been told, that respiration is difficult upon lofty mountains, yet from these precipices, though so high as to produce great tenuity of the air, it is very easy to fall: and I suspect, that from any height, where life can be supported, there may be danger of too quick descent."
"Nothing, replied the artist, will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. If you will fa-
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