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Air, soil, water, fire—these are words;I myself am a word with them—my qualities interpenetrate with theirs—my name is nothing to them;
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A healthy presence, a friendly or commanding gesture, are words, sayings, meanings;The charms that go with the mere looks of some men and women, are sayings and meanings also.
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