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Chapter 2
WhatinwaterdidBloom,waterlover,drawerofwater,watercarrier,returningtotherange,admire?
Itsuniversality:itsdemocraticequalityandconstancytoitsnatureinseekingitsownlevel:itsvastnessintheoceanofMercator’sprojection:itsunplumbedprofundityintheSundamtrenchofthePacificexceeding8000fathoms:therestlessnessofitswavesandsurfaceparticlesvisitinginturnallpointsofitsseaboard:theindependenceofitsunits:thevariabilityofstatesofsea:itshydrostaticquiescenceincalm:itshydrokineticturgidityinneapandspringtides:itssubsidenceafterdevastation:itssterilityinthecircumpolaricecaps,arcticandantarctic:itsclimaticandcommercialsignificance:itspreponderanceof3to1overthedrylandoftheglobe:itsindisputablehegemonyextendinginsquareleaguesoveralltheregionbelowthesubequatorialtropicofCapricorn:themultisecularstabilityofitsprimevalbasin:itsluteofulvousbed:itscapacitytodissolveandholdinsolutionallsolublesubstancesincludingmillionsoftonsofthemostpreciousmetals:itsslowerosionsofpeninsulasandislands,itspersistentformationofhomotheticislands,peninsulasanddownwardtendingpromontories:itsalluvialdeposits:itsweightandvolumeanddensity:itsimperturbabilityinlagoonsandhighlandtarns:itsgradationofcoloursinthetorridandtemperateandfrigidzones:itsvehicularramificationsincontinentallakecontainedstreamsandconfluentoceanflowingriverswiththeirtributariesandtransoceaniccurrents,gulfstream,northandsouthequatorialcourses:itsviolenceinseaquakes,waterspouts,Artesianwells,eruptions,torrents,eddies,freshets,spates,groundswells,watersheds,
