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 passive, indifferent night was succeeded by no bright, clear, active day. But it would also be a wearisome world whose glare never merged into the refreshing season of dusky shadows, quiet half-tones, and twinkling stars. It is well that they are reciprocal and that "sous ces noms divers reproduèra l'eternelle antethèse qui s'agite au fond de toute sociêtê."