26/33 He was seized with a fit of trembling. He looked towards heaven, and in his glance a tear gathered slowly. When the eyelid was full, the tear trickled down his livid cheek, and he said, almost in a stammer, quite low, and to himself, while his eyes were plunged in the depths:-- "O thou! O ideal! Thou alone existest!" The Bishop experienced an indescribable shock. If the infinite had no person, person would be without limit; it would not be infinite; in other words, it would not exist. |