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... forest around it . And down below , to one side of us , we saw the cut marble , white and clean . The sun which fell upon it struck sparks . I started at the thought that all these mountains had such a transparent , clean and hard heart ...
... forest around it . And down below , to one side of us , we saw the cut marble , white and clean . The sun which fell upon it struck sparks . I started at the thought that all these mountains had such a transparent , clean and hard heart ...
Page 138
... forest , tree next to tree . And the notables must stand like the trees at its edge , which drop their branches to the ground . Not one must be cut down , not one must bow down , for once the storm gets among the spruces , it will tear ...
... forest , tree next to tree . And the notables must stand like the trees at its edge , which drop their branches to the ground . Not one must be cut down , not one must bow down , for once the storm gets among the spruces , it will tear ...
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... Forest . The earth under this forest flowed like mud , or like dough , and lay in folds , but it could not shake the ancient pine - trees off its back . The trees bent this way and that , hurling themselves at each other , breaking ...
... Forest . The earth under this forest flowed like mud , or like dough , and lay in folds , but it could not shake the ancient pine - trees off its back . The trees bent this way and that , hurling themselves at each other , breaking ...
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