And then, after a little, came this wonderful serenity of weather, which has continued till to-day.

Which do you think the greater and more difficult thing to do: to exchange the disorder of that irresistible whirlwind to a clarity like this, and becalm the whole world again, or to refashion the form of a woman into that of a bird?
We can teach even little children to do something of that sort,--to take wax or clay, and mould out of the same material many kinds of form, one after another, without difficulty.

And it may be that to the Deity, whose power is too vast for comparison with ours, all processes of that kind are manageable and easy.

How much wider is the whole circle of heaven than thyself ?--Wider than thou canst express.
"Among ourselves also, how vast the difference we may observe in men's degrees of power! To you and me, and many another like us, many things are impossible which are quite easy to others.

For those who are unmusical, to play on the flute; to read or write, for those who have not yet learned; is no easier than to make birds of women, or women of birds.