To see in the ocean only a mass of water is not to see it at all.” To which we would add, that to see in the manifestations of nature, nature only, is not to see it at all, for the power producing it is not recognized.
Woodhull emphasizes the importance of recognizing the underlying power in nature's manifestations.
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