And I said, “But how is it that each stone is joined along its edges to its fellows, so that there is no seam anywhere?”
God said, “The stones are alive; they grow.”
And I said, “But what does each man gain by his working?”
God said, “He sees his outline filled.”
I said, “But those stones which are last set cover those which were first; and those will again be covered by those which come later.”
God said, “They are covered, but not hid. The light is the light of all. Without the first, no last.”
And I said to God, “When will this crown be ended?”
And God said, “Look up!”
I looked up; and I saw the mountain tower above me, but its summit I could not see; it was lost in the clouds.
God said no more.