Again, with regard to the limbs, or general powers of the body. Do you suppose that when it is promised that "the lame man shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing"--(Steam-whistle interrupts me from the Capo d' Istria, which is lying in front of my window with her black nose pointed at the red nose of another steamer at the next pier. There are nine large ones at this instant,--half-past six, morning, 4th July,--lying between the Church of the Redeemer and the Canal of the Arsenal; one of them an iron-clad, five smoking fiercely, and the biggest,--English, and half a quarter of a mile long,--blowing steam from all manner of pipes in her sides, and with such a roar through her funnel--whistle number two from Capo d' Istria--that I could not make any one hear me speak in this room without an effort,)--do you suppose, I say, that such a form of benediction is just the same as saying that the lame man shall leap as a lion, and the tongue of the dumb mourn? Not so, but a special manner of action of the members is meant in both cases: (whistle number three from Capo d' Istria; I am writing on, steadily, so that you will be able to form an accurate idea, from this page, of the intervals of time in modern music. The roaring from the English boat goes on all the while, for bass to the Capo d' Istria's treble, and a tenth steamer comes in sight round the Armenian Monastery)--a particular kind of activity is meant, I repeat, in both cases. The lame man is to leap, (whistle fourth from Capo d' Istria, this time at high-pressure, going through my head like a knife,) as an innocent and joyful creature leaps, and the lips of the dumb to move melodiously: they are to be blest, so; may not be unblest even in silence; but are the absolute contrary of blest, in evil utterance. (Fifth whistle, a double one, from Capo d' Istria, and it is seven o'clock, nearly; and here's my coffee, and I must stop writing. Sixth whistle--the Capo d' Istria is off, with her crew of morning bathers. Seventh,--from I don't know which of the boats outside--and I count no more.) 5th July. Yesterday, in these broken sentences, I tried to make you understand that for all human creatures there are necessarily three separate states: life positive, under blessing,--life negative, under curse,--and death, neutral between these; and, henceforward, take due note of the quite true assumption you make in your ordinary malediction, that the state of condemnation may begin in this world, and separately affect every living member of the body. You assume the fact of these two opposite states, then; but you have no idea whatever of the meaning of your words, nor of the nature of the blessedness or condemnation you admit. I will try to make your conception clearer.