MAN'S INSIGNIFICANCE
Mans Insignificance |« thus defined by Ihe Boston "Joarnul of Commerce ": — S"raehovr whf»i a man's mind boootaes really eqga^ed— eay like that ot Baron Enmbuldt— and helsabouttoplaoeiu focn* more and more of the ooamos of which hu Jormq a pa,rt, the things leal the outset of his life regard* ab the Urges*; «et smaller and smaller till at last that Grst immense and overwhelmingly important thing, himself, b'O-mm so laslgu.fioant that it is only through a prooesß of m ontal microso >py he can dleoern hia little float swim < r Tiyig^le acroaa the fi »ld of view. How blj? la a man anyway '( Wei), he m smaller ihsm an elephant, and a elephant is smaller than a mcuntalj, and a mountain is smaller thc^n the world, and the world ie a mustard seed ompared with the sun, and the bho Iteelf is a mere mote In tha dunt ol' ad of spheres that ttr globes ont through the nniyerae beyond the reaoh of thoaght; '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1759, 6 February 1888, Page 3
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165MAN'S INSIGNIFICANCE Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1759, 6 February 1888, Page 3
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