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ishad thought, as it appears, for instance, in the Taittir‘i‘ya Upanishad (S. 8): “Ha who dwella in man and he who dwells; in the: $1111 an: 0115: and the same.” But this; later thought fa frmmiad on the repeated revision, 30 to any, mf tin: cmlcapm tions of the: sun, fad anew by tha sight nf this engrossing nature farce! which is not ulnmturvcl and mat made: trivial by purapnificatiau intn an Olympian, human gad.

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THE PANTIIEUN OF THE VEDA.

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