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... creatures with minds we are able to perceive the universal in the particular and unity in multiplicity . Perhaps these percep- tions are at the root of our fascination in sitting hour after hour watching the ocean . Every motion of the ...
... creatures with minds we are able to perceive the universal in the particular and unity in multiplicity . Perhaps these percep- tions are at the root of our fascination in sitting hour after hour watching the ocean . Every motion of the ...
Page 82
... creatures in their wild state well fleshed out , with sleek coats , ranging in color from light gray to black , but all with light bellies and the wide white ring around the gray nose , and nearly all marked on the back with a dark ...
... creatures in their wild state well fleshed out , with sleek coats , ranging in color from light gray to black , but all with light bellies and the wide white ring around the gray nose , and nearly all marked on the back with a dark ...
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... creatures were governed by the moon's clock , daily and monthly ; the pelican's fishing , by the sun's diurnal clock ; the flights of the curlews , by both the diurnal and annual clocks of the sun and stars . The marine biologists and ...
... creatures were governed by the moon's clock , daily and monthly ; the pelican's fishing , by the sun's diurnal clock ; the flights of the curlews , by both the diurnal and annual clocks of the sun and stars . The marine biologists and ...
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