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The immovable earth beneath one's feet! one almost felt the movement, the respiration of God in it. What joy in that motion, the prospect, the music, the music of the spheres! he could listen to it in a perfection such as had never been conceded to Plato, to Pythagoras even. "Veni, Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita, Imple superna gratia, Quae tu creasti pectora!"
He took with him the banner of Spain. He walked a few yards, then struck the standard into the sand. There was air enough to open the folds, to make them float and fly. Kneeling, he bowed himself and kissed the earth. We heard his strong voice praying. "Domine Deus, aeterne et omnipotens, sacro tuo verbo coelum, et terra, et mare, creasti " We also bowed our heads.
Why, one almost felt the movement, the respiration, of God in it. What joy in that motion, in the prospect, the music! "The music of the spheres!" he could listen to it in a perfection such as had never been conceded to Plato, to Pythagoras even. Veni, Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita, Imple superna gratia, Quae tu creasti pectora.+ Yes!
And from that to his orisons, and then to his tools with a little bit of courage, and this was his day's work: Veni, Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorem visita, Imple superna gratia Quae tu creasti pectora Accende lumen sensibus, Mentes tuorum visita, Infirma nostri corporis, Virtute firmans perpeti.
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