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The reason he who is not yet born is wholly a stranger to the visible world is not that the world is far off.It is very near.It surrounds him on every side.But partly he has not those senses.They are not yet opened in his soul, and by them alone it is possible to have commerce with the material world.And partly so thick a veil is cast between that he can discern nothing through it.
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4. The reason why he that is not yet born, is wholly a stranger to the visible world, is, not because it is afar off. It is very nigh. It surrounds him on every side. But partly, because he has not those senses, they are not yet opened in his soul, whereby alone it is possible to hold commerce with the material world; and partly because so thick a veil is cast between, through which he can discern nothing.