Y were sick and well, and gay, and sad; they all had special
countenances; they fought with each other, or they embraced each other.
Some ideas sprang forth and went to live in the world of intellect. I
began to see that there were two worlds, two universes,--the visible
universe, and the invisible universe; that the earth had, like man, a
body and a soul. Nature illumined herself for me; I felt her immensity
when I saw the oceans of beings who, in masses and in species, spread
everywhere, making one sole and uniform animated Matter, from the stone
of the earth to God. Magnificent vision! In short, I found a universe
within my patient. When I inserted my knife into his gangrened leg I cut
into a million of those little beings. Oh! you laugh, madame; let me
tell you that you are eaten up by such creatures--" "No personalities!"
interposed Monsieur de Calonne. "Speak for yourself and for your
patient." "My patient, frightened by the cries of his animalcules,
wanted to stop the operation; but I went on regardless of his
remonstrances; telling him that th
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