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with two glowing eyes which seem to pierce my
soul with uncanny irony. Not a grain of gold
is there, and I give up all further effort. I
resume my seat, and read the Bible just where I
happen to open it: “None calleth to mind,
neither is there knowledge nor understanding
to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea,
also, I have baked bread upon the coals thereof,
I have roasted flesh and eaten it; and shall I
make the residue thereof an abomination? Shall
I fall down to the stock of a tree? He feedeth
on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him
aside, that he cannot deliver his soul nor say, Is
there not a lie in my right hand. Thus saith the
Lord, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee
from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all
things, that stretcheth forth the heavens alone,
that spreadeth forth the earth; who is with
me? that frustratelh the tokens of the liars
and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise
men backward, and maketh their knowledge
foolish.”
For the first time I despair of my scientific
experiments. If they are all folly, then I have
sacrificed my happiness and that of my wife
and children to a phantom. Alas for my
delusion! There is a gaping abyss between my
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