7 For He said, So far shalt thou come, and thy waves shall be broken within thee. (1CL) 8 The ocean which is impassable for men, and the worlds beyond it, are directed by the same ordinances of the Master. (1CL) 9 The seasons of spring and summer and autumn and winter give way in succession one to another in peace. (1CL)
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