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 All self-annihilated it shall make it's Identity: God all in all! We and our Father !

And blest are they, Who in this fleshly World, the elect of Heaven, Their strong eye darting thro' the deeds of Men Adore with stedfast unpresuming gaze Him, Nature's Essence, Mind, and Energy! And gazing, trembling, patiently ascend Treading beneath their feet all visible things As steps, that upward to their Father's Throne Lead gradual—else nor glorified nor lov'd. nor Contempt imbosom nor Revenge: For dare know of what may seem deform The sole Operant: in whose sight