"The whole sky appeared to undulate something like a field of grain in a high wind; the waters of the Bay reflected the brilliant hues of the Aurora", wrote one journalist in the San Francisco Herald on September 5, 1859. "Nothing could exceed the grandeur and beauty of the sight; the effect was almost bewildering and was witnessed with mingled feelings of awe and delight by thousands."
The Sublime refers to a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation.
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