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A spiral is a regular endless curve beginning at the center and running in diverging rings continually in a circle so that the distance of a point on any one revolution from the second is as great as the second from the third and so on.—A Definition of a Spiral.

It was ages ago. 'Twas the moment perhaps That Darwin describes: White was the beast That suddenly raised Her head on high, Stood firm upon Her hind feet Gazed up above To the shining ball In its vault of blue, Gazed all around On luxuriant earth, On the fruits thereof And all its creatures. A mighty feeling Of dominion and strength Stirred her to the depths.