To be at all⁠—what is better than that? + 

I think if there were nothing more developed, the clam in its callous shell in the sand were august enough. + 

I am not in any callous shell; + 

I am cased with supple conductors, all over + 

They take every object by the hand, and lead it within me; + 

They are thousands, each one with his entry to himself; + 

They are always watching with their little eyes, from my head to my feet; + 

One no more than a point lets in and out of me such bliss and magnitude, + 

I think I could lift the girder of the house away if it lay between me and whatever I wanted. + 