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238 And that each thing exactly represents itself, and
 * what has preceded it,

And that the truth includes all, and is compact, just
 * as much as space is compact,

And that there is no flaw or vacuum in the amount
 * of the truth—but that all is truth without exception,

And henceforth I will go celebrate anything I see
 * or am,

And sing and laugh, and deny nothing.



, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts, The ones known, and the ones unknown—the ones
 * on the stars,

The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped, Wonders as of those countries—the soil, trees, cities,
 * inhabitants, whatever they may be,

Splendid suns, the moons and rings, the countless
 * combinations and effects,

Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or
 * anywhere, stand provided for in a handful of
 * space, which I extend my arm and half enclose
 * with my hand,

That contains the start of each and all—the virtue,
 * the germs of all;

That is the theory as of origins.