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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity — of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.

— Elbert Hubbard

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Source: "The Sea" in The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard (1916), p. 169
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