In a winter city [electronic resource]: a sketch . CHAPTER VII. Foreign Floralia, , that portion of Floraliawhich is not indigenous to the soil, but has onlyflown south with the swallows, is remarkable fora really god-like consciousness—it knows every-thing about every body, and all things, past, pre-sent, and to come, that ever did, could, would,should, cannot, will not, or never shall happen;and is aware of all things that have ever taken place,and of a great many things that never have donebo. It is much better informed about you thanyou are yourself; knows your morals better thanyour c
In a winter city [electronic resource]: a sketch . CHAPTER VII. Foreign Floralia, , that portion of Floraliawhich is not indigenous to the soil, but has onlyflown south with the swallows, is remarkable fora really god-like consciousness—it knows every-thing about every body, and all things, past, pre-sent, and to come, that ever did, could, would,should, cannot, will not, or never shall happen;and is aware of all things that have ever taken place,and of a great many things that never have donebo. It is much better informed about you thanyou are yourself; knows your morals better thanyour confessor, your constitution better than yourdoctor, your income better than your banker, andthe day you were born on, better than your mother. 1B8 IN A WINTER CITY. It is omniscient and omnipresent, microscopicand telescopic; it is a court-edition of ScotlandYard, and a pocket-edition of the Cabinet Noir;it speeds as many interrogations as a telegraph-wire, and has as many mysteries as the agonycolumn of a newspaper—only it always answersits
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