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sun. For this is matter become conscious of itself when the
stone wall in my mind and the stone wall exterior to me became
one.
When the grass knew me and we recognized each other.
When the river and trees and stars said, "We know you
as we know each other. We are a unity, a changing unity. What
is in us, moving us, is in you, it is everything, shifting, moving
everything, moulding, destroying, rebuilding on its own ruins,
in spiral development."
And so, to begin with, I and the world having officially en–
dorsed each other, I think, Betty, I will go out and find my
stone wall, sit down on it, and laugh and laugh with pleasure
and pride over the marvelous miracle of myself.
