He awoke in the morning, and lathered his face in the morning, and washed his face and shaved in the morning. The entire universe was contained in this act; and indeed this act was the expression of the cosmos and stars, heavens and world. And there is a clean feeling to awaking refreshed with sleep, awaking to a clean bedroom and lathering the face and washing and shaving the face; and this is a new hope, for he says when he does this, "There is beauty even in the world, there is loveliness in the world, and my lover is the world."

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