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Mes oeuvres d’art en marbre paraissaient identiques à des images de l’univers et avec grande joie et impression je m’étonnai devant la nature mystérieuse de la vie.
My marbling art works looked identical to images of the universe and with great joy and impression I wondered at the mysterious nature of life.
Ma vie sut de ceci et chaque jour je m’étonnai devant la nature historique de la vie humaine.
My life knew about this and every day I marveled at the historic nature of human life.
Tandis que je réalisais plus profondément la nature de la vie humaine, je m’étonnai devant ses potentiels énormes et mon âme trembla.
As I realized deeper the nature of human life, I marveled at its enormous potentials and my soul trembled.
Je m’étonnai devant un arbre grand vert qui secouât le vent et je sentis la présence d’un homme très grand qui parût unifier ciel et terre.
I marveled at a big tree that waved to a wind and I felt the presence of a very big man that seemed to unite Heaven and Earth.
Répondant à une question que me posa Conseil, sur la durée d’accroissement de ces barrières colossales, je l’étonnai beaucoup en lui disant que les savants portaient cet accroissement à un huitième de pouce par siècle.
In reply to a question Conseil asked me about the growth rate of these colossal barriers, I thoroughly amazed him by saying that scientists put it at an eighth of an inch per biennium.
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