Part 2 — 205.
Paul V. (Paul Victor) Cohn translation
Neutrality of Nature on a Grand Scale.—The neutrality of Nature on a grand scale (in [pg 297] mountain, sea, forest, and desert) is pleasing, but only for a brief space. Afterwards we become impatient. “Have they all nothing to say to us? Do we not exist so far as they are concerned?” There arises a feeling that a lèse-majesté is committed against humanity.