[10] , , letusimaginethishillockrising, risingstill, withoutindeedchangingatallitsshape, andpreserving, althoughonagreaterscale, , ourimpressionofdispleasurewillbutincreasewiththehillockitself, whichwillthemorestrikethesight, ; raiseituptwiceashighasatower, , sohighamountainthatitisquiteimpossibleforoureyestotakeitinatonelook.Thereisanobjectmoreprecocious8thanallthissmilingplainwhichsurroundsit, andtheimpressionthatitmakesonusisofsuchanaturethatweshouldregrettoexchangeitforanyotherimpression, , supposethismountaintobeleaning, andofsuchaninclinationthatwecouldexpectiteveryminutetocrashdown, thepreviousimpressionwillbecomplicatedwithanotherimpression: terrorwillbejoinedtoit: , theterrorwoulddisappear, , ofwhicheachonewasafourthorafifthpartlowerthantheonewhichcameimmediatelyafter; , uniformlydiminishing; , leavingitotherwisejustasitwas, andwithoutalteringitsform; , thisenlargedobjecthasbecomeatthesametimeanobjectofterror; , bythelastoperationwhichwehavemade, wehavediminishedtheterrorwhichitssightoccasioned, , whetherbydividingtheattentionofthespectatorbetweenseveralobjects, oringivingtotheeyes, bymeansofthesesmallermountains, placedneartothelargeone, .
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[11] AlltheexamplesthatIhaveallegeduptothepresenthavethisincommon — “whichoversteps, orwhichthreatenstooverstep, thepowerofcomprehensionofoursenses, ortheirpowerofresistance”; butnot, however, goingsofarastoparalyzethesetwopowers, orsofarastorenderusincapableofstriving, eithertoknowtheobject, .
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