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Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.
-Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Each Particle Of Matter Is An Immensity,

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.
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