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 ¬My observation is general, and points to no particular statesmen, nor to any parties. ¬My vessel now lay within a mile from the shore, fully equipped for my adventurous voy- age, and ready with her sails all loose to receive me. — I fell into the arms of my generous deli- verer, embracing him with tears of gratitude and affection, and my boat being upon the strand, I was very soon on board. — The wind M'as fair, and when the night closed in upon us, heaven seemed to smile upon my under- taking with all her multitude of stars — the polar constellation bidding me as it were depend upon it for my course, as much as if I had been on the earth. — I knew indeed I was secure ; as even a million of miles on the one side or the other, could not in the smallest degree affect its bearings upon any of our planets so incon- ceivably distant. — They have a kind of magnet in Armata, but I knew it not. — I looked up only to those other worlds to conduct me to my own. ¬We ¬