Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . Tlortb-folh iegcnte oftbeSea^a)itb illustrations byDcra>ard*pyle, HE Sea, it has been said, is the Mother of all her deep waters was born the first throb of awak-ening- life that was to dawn npon the earth. Per-haps it is some inborn sense of the mystery of sncha vast beginning that has always stirred within the spirit ofman, whispering to him of strange things hidden from his sightby the very Mother who first gave life to the earth. Standing upon the shore and gazing across the stretch of wa-ters into limitless
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . Tlortb-folh iegcnte oftbeSea^a)itb illustrations byDcra>ard*pyle, HE Sea, it has been said, is the Mother of all her deep waters was born the first throb of awak-ening- life that was to dawn npon the earth. Per-haps it is some inborn sense of the mystery of sncha vast beginning that has always stirred within the spirit ofman, whispering to him of strange things hidden from his sightby the very Mother who first gave life to the earth. Standing upon the shore and gazing across the stretch of wa-ters into limitless spaces, what wonders in the earlier days ofmans life upon the planet did not the rim of the horizon hidebehind its level! What marvels lay beyond the sharp divisionbetween the water and the sky! In the fiery glow of the settingsun the human fancy builded for its own enchanted palaces ofgold and crimson, or shining fairy islands of rest and of peace;in the murmur of waves upon the beach the ears of the imagina-tion heard the sibilant whispering of strange sea folk
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