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4. What, then, should it be called, that even in some ways it
might be conveyed to those of duller mind, save by some conventional
word? But what, in all parts of the world, can be found nearer to a
total formlessness than the earth and! the deep? For, from their
being of the lowest position, they are less beautiful than are the
other higher parts, all transparent and shining. Why, therefore,
may I not consider the formlessness of matter which Thou hadst
created without shape, whereof to make this shapely world to be
fittingly intimated unto men by the name of earth invisible and
formless?
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