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...mighty realm of nature. A little before his death, Dr Pemberton tells us, he observed : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." " If I have done...

...the attention of the human mind, — and yet he declared a little before his death, "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem...sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before...

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...brilliant talents ; so that just before his death, he uttered this sublime sentiment, — " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem...have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or "prettier shell than ordinary, while...

...to have said, a little before he expired, — " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean...

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