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Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2)

CHAPTER LXXVIII
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Art thou?
or art thou not?
I see thee not; I hear thee not; I feel thee not; eyes, ears, hands, are worthless to test thy being; and if thou art, thou art something beyond all human thought to compass.

We must have other faculties to know thee by.
Why, thou art not even a sightless sound; not the echo of an echo; here are thy bones.

Donjalolo, methinks I see thee fallen upon by assassins:--which of thy fathers riseth to the rescue?
I see thee dying:--which of them telleth thee what cheer beyond the grave?
But they have gone to the land unknown.

Meet phrase.

Where is it?
Not one of Oro's priests telleth a straight story concerning it; 'twill be hard finding their paradises.


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