But how long will we pursue that which is impossible to grasp? For whatever imagery I search for to portray the current evils, words are powerless to suffice. B However, even when I see such things, I do not give up an even firmer hope, as I consider the Pilot governing everything, who prevails over storms, who calms the raging gale, not through skill and artfulness, but with a single nod. It is not at their beginning—not immediately, when they first arise—that he customarily obliterates evils, but
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