Her calling is very multifarious—one day, she goes out to nurse; another, to clean; on a third, she is engaged to wash; at one time, she has a house to let; at another, she is the pioneeress who clears the way, and makes all ready for the new incoming-tenant;

But remarkable for our purposes here is its turn from the forensicality of the previous chapters to the rubric of German Idealism and Romanticism.

schoenoplectus americanus, or the chairmaker’s bulrush, is a common wetland plant in the Americas, and it has an existential problem. It has chosen to live in a place where it is always at risk of being drowned.

[James Darrell accepts an offer to join a secret organization concerned with the presence of aliens on Earth] James: I'm in because look, there's some next-level shit going on around here, and I'm with that.