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Nature, indignant that a mortal should venture to penetrate her hidden places, suspends unfinished works, and descends to the lower world for succor against the conqueror.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Nature, indignant that a mortal should venture to penetrate her hidden places, suspends unfinished works, and descends…”
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Sumner uses a metaphor to describe nature's reaction to human ambition and conquest.
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