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

CHAPTER LXVII
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He is said to have penetrated from the zoned, to the unzoned principles.

Shall we seek him out, that we may hearken to his wisdom?
Doubtless he knows many things, after which we pant." The lagoon was calm, as we landed; not a breath stirred the plumes of the trees; and as we entered the voiceless shades, lifting his hand, Babbalanja whispered:--"This silence is a fit introduction to the portals of Telestic lore.

Somewhere, beneath this moss, lurks the mystic stone Mnizuris; whereby Doxodox hath attained unto a knowledge of the ungenerated essences.

Nightly, he bathes his soul in archangelical circumlucencies.

Oh, Doxodox! whip me the Strophalunian top! Tell o'er thy Jynges!" "Down, Azzageddi! down!" cried Media.


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